The East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is hosting a free workshop for builders, developers and community stakeholders on efforts to develop electrification reach codes. The event will be held on April 23, 2019, from 6-8 p.m. the City of Fremont's Development Services Center, 39550 Liberty St., in Fremont.  The goal of the workshop is to develop building electrification reach codes for new construction and retrofits for Alameda County municipalities to adopt during the 2019 California Building Standards Code cycle starting January 1, 2020. At the workshop, the following will be reviewed: energy and green building reach codes that are already in place and efforts to consider new reach codes by January 1, 2020; cost-effectiveness testing activities underway to determine which reach codes will be feasible; model code language under consideration for the building code update and case studies of existing all-electric and EV ready buildings.Click HERE for more information and to register for the workshop.

Join the Urban Land Institute's Silicon Valley Committee in Menlo Park on April 25, 2019, for a "Housing the Bay" lead-up event that will dive into the impact of tech companies on the Bay Area housing crisis. Panelists at the breakfast program will examine the increasingly relevant role and responsibility of the tech industry in creating Bay Area housing solutions. Speakers include moderator Libby Seifel, founder and president, Seifel Consulting; TechEquity Collaborative South Bay Director Fahad Qurashi; Mountain View Assistant Community Development Director Wayne Chen and Facebook Director of Location Strategy Menka Sethi. The event will be held from 7:30-9:15 a.m. at Orrick, 1100 Marsh Road in Menlo Park. Click HERE for information and to register. ULI's second Housing the Bay forum will be held in San Francisco on May 10, 2019. Click HERE for more information.

The Milpitas City Council will consider development services fee increases and other adjustments at the April 30, 2019 meeting. The City has released two studies by the Matrix Consulting Group that explore process and costs of supplying development services. Full Story

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors have begun work on preparation of Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and Affordable Housing Impact Mitigation Fee Ordinance addressing the greater unincorporated area. Keyser Marston Associates (KMA) is the contractor who will prepare supplemental analysis and studies to support the ordinances. KMA estimates it will complete this analysis and provide a supplemental report to the County Administration in May 2019.  To view the County Report Click HERE.

The City of San Jose is updating its North San Jose Development Plan/Policy.  The updated policy will fold the Phase I & Phase II into a new Phase A  enabling 8,000 residential units (20% affordable) to be entitled/built along with an additional 7 million sq. ft. of industrial and phased transportation improvements. Full Story