| Joint Venture launches high-speed network for East Palo Alto |
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Joint Venture, in partnership with the County of San Mateo, has deployed a high-speed broadband network to serve East Palo Alto parks. The pilot program will reduce monthly costs for local organizations, test emerging technologies, provide public Wi-Fi coverage, and bridge the digital divide.
“It's more critical now than ever that we ensure our communities have access to high-speed internet. It's been amazing to work with Joint Venture.” said Jerry Chang, FUSE executive advisor with the City of East Palo Alto.
“Covid-19, coupled with remote work and education, has highlighted our need for connectivity.” said East Palo Alto Mayor Regina Wallace-Jones. |
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| This year the State of the Valley conference will be a two-day virtual experience, ensuring the safety of our community while making it possible to broaden programming and to provide a spectrum of speakers and topics to inform and inspire. Watch for updates, coming soon. |
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| Joint Venture board adds new members: |
| Ted Bojorquez, executive vice president, California Bank of Commerce and Raquel González, Silicon Valley market president, Bank of America |
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The Joint Venture board of directors elected two new leaders to their ranks at their quarterly meeting held November 20. Ted Bojorquez is executive vice president of the Silicon Valley region for California Bank of Commerce. Raquel González is Bank of America’s Silicon Valley Market President.
“Both Raquel and Ted are luminary figures on the Silicon Valley landscape,” said Russell Hancock, Joint Venture CEO, “I'm so glad to see them take their rightful place on this board.” |
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| Unprecedented election turnout |
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Eligible voter turnout for the November third election came in at an unprecedented 71 percent, compared to 62 percent in 2016, according to Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies. “We haven’t seen a turnout like this in at least 50 years, if ever,” said Institute Director of Research, Rachel Massaro.
Absentee voting rates were higher than ever before, due in large part to the pandemic. Ninety-two percent of ballots cast in San Mateo County were sent by mail, dropped off at a ballot box, or hand-delivered to a polling location. Seventy-four percent of Silicon Valley voters cast ballots for Joe Biden – the same as for Hillary Clinton in 2016. |
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Further reading: See the Institute’s latest report on unemployment. |
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| Webinar: Get more from solar |
New Revenue Opportunities for Solar & Battery Systems
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2020 | 11:00 AM PST |
Co-hosts: Joint venture Silicon Valley and The Climate Center
Are power outages the new normal in California? With increased wildfire risks, utilities are asking customers to prepare for planned outages. The prospect of more Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) are leaving communities wondering how they can manage without reliable electricity through outages that could last for days at a time and re-evaluating the need for clean energy backup power. Join speakers from Joint Venture and The Climate Center to explore new and untapped opportunities for solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems. |
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| Webinar: Joint Venture looks to a clean-car future |
The Race to the Clean Car Future:
Which State Will be First?
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | 12 PM PST |
California Governor Newsom issued an executive order calling for all new vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley is seeking to cut gasoline consumption in the region fifty percent by 2030, and Los Angeles aims to have eighty-percent of new vehicles sold be zero-emission by 2028.
Join Janelle London, executive director of Joint Venture's Beyond Gasoline initiative along with Coltura to delve into opportunities for a pathway to a clean-car future and how to navigate legal challenges, political opposition, and legislative roadblocks. |
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November 21, 2020 - (Mercury News) - Coronavirus economy: Bay Area powers to big job gains in October — but rally may fizzle: “Our numbers are going to go in the tank again,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose-based non-profit. More
November 20, 2020 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - Unemployment falls throughout Bay Area — but that was before Covid's latest assault: “In restaurants and retail, it is the case that employment seems very vulnerable to very short-term policy changes around Covid,” said Rachel Massaro, who analyzes the data each month for the Joint Venture Institute for Silicon Valley Studies. More
November 17, 2020 - (Spiked) - The new few: Margaret O’Mara, historian of Silicon Valley (Distinguished Fellow at Joint venture), says that party allegiances started to change in the 1990s as Democrats courted the tech firms. More
November 17, 2020 - (Eureka Alert) - Purdue Innovation Partners Institute works to bridge rural digital divide: Shakouri is Director of Community Broadband Initiatives at Joint Venture Silicon Valley and CEO of Microsanj. More
November 12, 2020 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Voting rate in Silicon Valley reaches historic levels: According to Rachel Massaro... at Joint Venture Silicon Valley...the eligible voter turnout rate in Silicon Valley...was at a record level of 68 percent as of Nov. 11, compared to 62 percent in the 2016 general election. More
November 12, 2020 - (Fox News) - Biden snagged vast majority of Silicon Valley votes, regional data shows: About 74% of Silicon Valley voters cast ballots for Biden, while 24% chose Trump, according to preliminary state and local election data compiled by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies. More
November 12, 2020 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Voting rate in Silicon Valley reaches historic levels: According to Rachel Massaro... at Joint Venture Silicon Valley...the eligible voter turnout rate in Silicon Valley...was at a record level of 68 percent as of Nov. 11, compared to 62 percent in the 2016 general election. More
November 2, 2020 - (San Jose Inside) - Early Voting Shatters Records in Santa Clara County, Entire State: “Before Saturday, there was just one early voting center, and now they’re all over the place,” Joint Venture Silicon Valley analyst Rachel Massaro points out. More
November 2, 2020 - (Cupertino Today) - Silicon Valley Power hosting Santa Clara community meeting on small cell antennas: Panelists at this week’s meeting include David Witkowski, executive director of civic technologies initiatives at Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More
November 2, 2020 - (CNBC) - Facebook, Twitter and VC firms consider life outside Silicon Valley as they shift to remote work: According to the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, 18 million square feet of commercial space are currently under construction in the region... More
November 2, 2020 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Early voter turnout in Santa Clara County breaks records: “What we’re seeing are early unprecedented voting rates,” said Rachel Massaro, director of the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies at Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More
October 30, 2020 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - 2020’s leasing picture comes into focus: Fewer new market entrants, more office renewals in Silicon Valley - Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s and JLL’s analysis of the market highlighted a few trends worth monitoring. More
October 27, 2020 - (IEEE Technical Community Spotlight) - No One Left Behind: Connectivity for All - In his role as executive director of the Wireless Communications Initiative (WCI) at Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional non-profit think tank, Witkowski does similar work promoting the advancement and deployment of cellular technology... More |
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