DECEMBER 2016
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BAY AREA URBAN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT
#BuiltInSanJose
On November 17, San Jose's Mayor Liccardo was joined by the mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont to support local manufacturing at the Inaugural Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Summit hosted by SF Made, a regional manufacturing advocacy group.
Of the four cities, San Jose has the largest manufacturing base, and has more manufacturingjobs than the other three cities combined: San Jose has 65,000 manufacturing jobs, Fremont has 26,000, San Francisco has 10,000 and Oakland has 7,500, according to
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A century ago, San Jose's manufacturing base was primarily oriented toward food processing. Mayor Sam Liccardo noted that the "Capital of Silicon Valley" was the home of canned fruit cocktail and Eggo Waffles factories in decades gone by. "Now we have a lot of advanced technology being made in San Jose," Liccardo said. "The prototypes are being made in San Jose. Our manufacturing is a great source of high-wage jobs. We are really bullish on our tech advantage."
San José manufacturers participating in the event were
Jabil, a contract electronics manufacturer, and Zebra Technologies, a maker of RFID scanners, who were highlighted in panel series of local suppliers and customers.
Bestronics, a local electronics manufacturing firm, was also featured in a short documentary shown to attendees. Read the full report here.
For more information, contact
Donovan Lazaro, Business Development Officer, OED.
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OED SPOTLIGHT ON MANUFACTURING
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Bobbie Everett, CEO The Wood Connection |
#BuiltinSanJose
OED has launched a blog series focusing on manufacturing in San Jose. This series will profile interesting and diverse companies in San Jose's thriving manufacturing sector, which directly employs more than 65,000 people.
Through our profile series, we hope to highlight many of the features that make San Jose uniquely situated as the manufacturing hub of Silicon Valley and demonstrate how designers, manufactures, suppliers, and service providers work together to quickly deliver high quality products to market.
From original equipment manufacturers, to machine shops, to electronic manufacturing services providers, to food and beverage companies, San Jose's manufacturing industry is as diverse as the people who call it home. Visit the OED blog for the story on a laid-off tech worker who became a custom manufacturer of wood cabinets.
For more information, contact Donovan Lazaro,
Business Development Officer, OED.
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/ THINFILM EXPANSION
#NSJ
Thanks to site research and permit facilitation by OED's Business Development Officer Reena Brilliot,
ThinFilm will be moving into the perfect location for their planned expansion, just around the corner from their current location on Zanker Road.
The former Qualcomm facility at 2851 Junction Road offers 92,900 sf of R&D space, including a 22,000 sf cleanroom.
The new headquarters facility will allow ThinFilm to continue their rapid expansion, which projects growth from the current 90 employees in the San Jose headquarters to 175 by the first quarter of 2017.
ThinFilm is a leader in printed electronics and NFC smart packaging solutions. The first to commercialize printed, rewritable memory, ThinFilm creates printed tags, labels and systems that include memory, sensing, display, and wireless communication.
For more information, contact Reena Brilliot, Business Development Officer, OED.
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UNIVISION MOVES ITS BROADCAST HUB TO SAN JOSE
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Univision 14's news anchors María Leticia Gómez, center, and Leon Felipe Gonzalez
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Univision Bay Area, part of Univision Communications, Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, is now operating out of a new state-of-the-art broadcast facility at 1940 Zanker Road in North San Jose.
For more information, contact Reena Brilliot,
Business Development Officer, OED
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/ SJC IS FIRST US AIRPORT OFFERING CUSTOMER SERVICE ROBOTS
#FlySJC 
As befits the airport serving Silicon Valley, Mineta San Jose International (SJC) introduced a trio of engaging customer service robots who will be working at gates 11, 21 and 25.
The human-scale robots have large, familiar-looking touch screens that offer in-terminal dining, shopping, and other airport services information, with a You Are Here interactive map and directory; information in six languages - English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish; and they will dance, play music and take photos for sending via the traveler's email account.
For more information, contact Rosemary Barnes, Public Information Manager, SJC.
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/ UPDATED CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2017
#BuildingCodes
The California Building Standards Commission updates the State building codes every three years. Currently building permits are issued under the 2013 codes. The 2016 codes were published on July 1, 2016 and become applicable to all building permit applications made on or after January 1, 2017.
To follow how state code changes are reflected locally, you can view the City of San Jose draft ordinance which shows the amendments to sections of San José Municipal Code Title 24. Additionally, the City's building division staff will provide trainings on the new codes.
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/ NEW SAFEWAY OPENS IN WILLOW GLEN
#DTSJ
After four years of operations as a Fresh & Easy store, the supermarket location at the corner of Minnesota and Bird has opened as a Safeway.
The grand opening on November 8 was attended by District 6 Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio. Safeway spokesperson Wendy Gutshall, senior communications and government relations manager presented two checks, each for $2,500 - one to the Thrift Box store that support Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and one to Our City Forest to help planting trees throughout Willow Glen.
For more information, contact Tina Kapoor, Business Development Officer, OED
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/ ALL THE WAY HOME FOR AREA VETERANS
#DTSJ
On Veteran's Day, the City of San José and Santa Clara County celebrated the housing of 510 formerly homeless veterans, thanks to the All the Way Home campaign launched just one year ago.
All The Way Home is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between San Jose, the county and the county's Housing Authority and Destination: Home, a nonprofit that tackles homelessness. It was launched on Veterans Day last year.
"Today, we can proudly celebrate the significant progress we have made to house homeless veterans," Liccardo said. "However, we cannot take our foot off the gas or forget the heroes in our community who still need help. By working together, we will end veterans homelessness in our county by 2018."
The goal of the All The Way Home initiative is to house all of the estimated 703 homeless veterans which make up about 10 percent of the 6,556 homeless people living in Santa Clara County. Advocates are hoping to end veteran homelessness in the county by 2018.
Watch for ongoing updates in this newsletter on the progress of the active efforts underway in San José to address the issues of the homeless in our city.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION
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/ ZERO NET ENERGY BUILDING WORKSHOP
#KeepSJClean
A workshop on "Transforming Existing Buildings to ZNE" will be held on December 2, from 9:30 am to 5 pm,
at the Environmental Innovation Center, at 1608 Las Plumas Ave in San Jose. The schedule is:
9:30 am networking breakfast; 10 am program start; 4 pm building tour.
The ZNE workshop is intended for industry professionals, architects, planners, utility staff, developers, building owners and operators, and anyone else who is interested in zero net energy.
The day-long, interactive session will help attendees build knowledge on ZNE design, operation strategies, effective polices, codes and planning approaches. Lunch and breakfast will be provided. Click here to register.
For more information, contact
Ariel Carpenter
, Environmental Services Department.
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/ STATE HOLDS WORKSHOPS ON CALIFORNIA COMPETES TAX CREDIT
#SJBizDevelop
To help spread awareness and encourage local investment, the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (Go Biz) is hosting a series of workshops throughout the State to promote the California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) incentive program.
CCTC awards can be up to tens of millions of dollars in tax credits for companies that invest in California. For the 2016-17 fiscal year, the Governor's Office has approved $243 million in tax credits. Since the program's launch in 2014, more than $340 million in tax credits have been awarded to more than 500 companies, creating over 55,000 jobs and spurring $12.9 billion in local investment.
The City of San Jose Office of Economic Development (SJ OED) has promoted the program since its creation and has worked with several companies in applying for the program. For example, SJ OED worked with Samsung in building its new North American headquarters in North San Jose.
For people and organizations located in the South Bay, Peninsula, or Alameda County, the nearest workshop will take place on Dec. 7th at the Fremont Public Library from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. SJ OED strongly encourages any interested parties to attend to learn more about this exciting program.
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SJ TOP HOCKEY TOWN
Expedia rated the towns in the US and Canada where hockey is more than a sport, it's a lifestyle. And San Jose, proud home to the San Jose Sharks, is the only California town on the list.
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