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SB 1: State Transportation Funding
The 10-year, $6 billion annual investment into repairing and upgrading California's transportation infrastructure that will generate an estimated $111.9 billion in economic activity including 570,000 jobs - nearly 200,000 of which would be in construction occupations earning prevailing wages, $38.7 Billion in personal income and $4.5 Billion in additional local and state tax revenues was passed late last month.
Read more here.
The Federal Transit Administration
announced today that the San Jose-San Francisco corridor of Caltrain would be electrified as part of the grant agreement signed today.
"Transportation infrastructure is a critical need for the businesses and citizens of Silicon Valley, and because of that, our public policy team
made Caltrain electrification a top priority issue when they were in Washington three weeks ago representing our members to Congress," said Matt Mahood, President & CEO of The Silicon Valley Organization. "Our team, on behalf of our members, met with our area's Congressional leaders, as well as California and national leadership on both sides of the aisle advocating for this funding. We are extraordinarily pleased with this decision, and wish to congratulate our federal officials on placing sound policy over politics and doing the right thing for Silicon Valley and California's economy."
Read more here.
KT Urban, one of Downtown San Jose's most dedicated high-rise development firms receives approval for the former downtown San Jose Greyhound Station at last night's City Council meeting. The roughly 1.6-acre site is located at 70 S. Almaden Ave, an area of downtown San Jose in serious need of investment.
"On behalf of The silicon valley organization and our 1400 member businesses, we would like to express our support of this project," said Sr. Director of Public Policy Victor Gomez at the Tuesday night meeting. "As mentioned
in our letter, this project will bring much needed funds to the city through taxes and impact fees that will benefit the entire community."
Read more here.
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UPDATED
ISSUE:
City of San Jose
Community Workforce Agreements / Project Labor Agreements (CWA/PLA) Task Force
SVO POSITION: Oppose
STATUS:
At Council committee. Going to full Council in August 2017.
DETAILS:
The committee met for the first time on January 23
to discuss initial study of how Project Labor Agreements impact both public & private sector investment. The task force will meet another 5 times prior to this item coming before the full Council. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE: City of San Jose
Downtown Intensification Program (Signage)
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS: Passed Council May 16 as a pilot. Staff will report back in fall of 2017
DETAILS:
In April of 2016,
SVO
staff and the SJDA met with City of San José staff to discuss implementation of a downtown intensification program similar to what we saw in Denver during the 2015 Study Mission.
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ISSUE:
City of San Jose
Ad-Hoc Committee on Development Services Update
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS: In Progress
DETAILS: San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo formed the Ad-Hoc Committee on Development Services that has met four times. On November 10, 2016, the city held a Cost Recovery Workshop where consultants informed stakeholders about the study for the cost of better customer service and development in San Jose including permit fees, impact fees, and development taxes. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
City of San Jose
Local Hire Ordinance
SVO POSITION: Oppose
STATUS: Being discussed along with City of San Jose PLA Task Force
DETAILS: The City of San Jose is currently exploring a Local Hiring Ordinance. The policy has been nominated by the San Jose City Council as a high priority.
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ISSUE:
SB 562 (Lara/Atkins): The Healthy California Act
SVO POSITION: OPPOSE
STATUS: In Senate Appropriations
DETAILS: SB 562 would create a new single-payer government bureaucracy which would control and finance the state's health care system and ultimately result in significant job loss to the state. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
AB 71 (Chiu) Income taxes: credits: low-income housing
SVO POSITION: Oppose
STATUS: Re-referred to Asm Appropriations with amendments
DETAILS: AB 71 would end a tax break that allows homeowners to deduct the interest from the mortgage on their second home from their state taxes. About 31,000 Californians received the tax break last year.
Click here to read more.
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SSUE:
AB 851 Local Design-Build Project Delivery for Water Supply, Flood Protection & Habitat Restoration
STATUS:
Hearing postponed by Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
DETAILS: This bill expands the type of projects completed through a 'design-build' delivery method for water supply, flood protection, and habitat restoration projects.
Design-build
allows a single entity to both design and build a project.
Click here to read more
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ISSUE:
418 (Hernandez) Public Works: Public Subsidies
STATUS: Asm Labor & Employment Committee
DETAILS:
This bill seeks to codify a definition of the term 'de minimis' to determine what level of public subsidy triggers prevailing wage requirements on an otherwise private project. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE: AB 5 (Gonzalez) Employers
: Opportunity to Work Act
SVO POSITION: Oppose
STATUS:
In Assembly committee: Hearing postponed by committee. Item tabled.
DETAILS:
Unfair Scheduling Mandate. Burdens small and large employers with a scheduling mandate that requires employers to offer additional hours of work to employees before hiring a new employee or contractor and exposes employers to multiple threats of costly litigation for technical violations that do not cause an employee any harm.
Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
SB 1 (Beall) Transportation Funding
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS:
Passed and signed by Governor Brown.
DETAILS:
In February, The SVO Board of Directors took a position of "support" for Senator Jim Beall's SB-1, funding for California Transportation. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
AB 199 (Chu) Public works: private residential projects
SVO POSITION: Oppose
STATUS:
Hearing in Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 26,2017
DETAILS: AB 199 would eliminate the long-standing residential exemption from prevailing wage rates and thereby make private, market-rate residential development a public work project for which a prevailing wage would be paid. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
AB 1506 Costa Hawkins Repeal
SVO POSITION: Oppose
STATUS: Asm Housing and Community Development (No date)
DETAILS:
The Costa-Hawkins Act of 1995 put statewide limits on the rent-control ordinances that local governments are allowed to enact. The law, passed in 1995, prohibited rent control on newly constructed residential housing starting in 1999. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
SB 7 (Moorlach) School district and community college district bonds: project information
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS:
Senate Education Committee
DETAILS:
Existing law allows for local school districts to approve a school construction bond to be placed onto the ballot - the California Education Code is silent on whether project specificity is required before submitting a bond measure before the voters for approval. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
AB169 O'Donnell - Golden State Teacher Grant Program
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS:
Appropriations
DETAILS: Unfair Scheduling Mandate. Burdens small and large employers with a scheduling mandate that requires employers to offer additional hours of work to employees before hiring a new employee or contractor and exposes employers to multiple threats of costly litigation for technical violations that do not cause an employee any harm.
Click here to read more.
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ISSUE: AB 445 O'Donnell Cunningham, et al - CTE Permanent Funding
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS: Committee on Education; hearing date 4/5/17
DETAILS: Unfair Scheduling Mandate. Burdens small and large employers with a scheduling mandate that requires employers to offer additional hours of work to employees before hiring a new employee or contractor and exposes employers to multiple threats of costly litigation for technical violations that do not cause an employee any harm.
Click here to read more.
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ISSUE: AB 1164 Thurmond - The Emergency Childcare Bridge Program
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS: Committee on Human Resources; hearing date 4/4/17
DETAILS: AB 1164 will ensure that foster youth who are placed in a foster home still have access to high quality early child care and education, thereby increasing the likelihood of successful placement. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE:
H.R. 5 the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA)
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS:
Hearings held in Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship on March 29, 2017
DETAILS: The bill aims to eliminate overly-burdensome red tape and regulations in order to lift unnecessary burdens on hardworking Americans and to promote jobs, innovation, and economic growth.
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STATUS:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
DETAILS: The BRIDGE (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy) Act would provide temporary relief from deportation and employment authorization to individuals who are eligible for the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA") program.
DACA provides temporary protection from removal and work authorization to young students and veterans who grew up in the United States if they register with the government, pay a fee, and pass a criminal background check. Click here to read more.
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ISSUE: Fair and Open Competition Act
SVO POSITION: Support
STATUS: Pending Introduction
DETAILS: The Fair and Open Competition Act would prevent federal agencies and recipients of federal assistance from requiring contractors to sign an anti-competitive and costly project labor agreement (PLA) as a condition of winning a federal or federally assisted construction contract. It also would eliminate discriminatory PLA preference policies that discourage competition and may result in needless delays, waste and favoritism during the procurement of taxpayer-funded construction projects. Click here to read more.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy covers Region IX which includes California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. SBA Office of Advocacy is an independent voice for small business within the federal government, the watchdog for the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
and the source of small business statistics.
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he Office of Advocacy advances the views and concerns of small business before Congress, the White House, the federal agencies, the federal courts and state policy makers.
The SBA Office of Advocacy is working with small business proponents, organizations and individuals to learn more about their concerns regarding federal rules and regulations and advocate on their behalf. For more information, please visit
https://www.sba.gov/advocacy
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Access Silicon Valley - June Monthly Breakfast - Thursday, June 15, 7:30-9 AM.
The silicon valley organization is hosting guest speaker Mike Wasserman at its monthly member breakfast at the Silicon Valley Capital Club. Click here to register. |
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Questions? Please contact Victor Gomez, Sr. Director of Public Policy at
[email protected]
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