35,000 signatures for Opportunity to Work
The Opportunity to Work campaign continues to build momentum. Workers, clergy and community leaders gathered at San Jose City Hall yesterday morning to turn in 11 boxes of petitions to put the Opportunity to Work Initiative on the November ballot in…
A Hidden Crisis: Underemployment in Silicon Valley
In one of the most prosperous regions in the country, far too many working people are barely scraping by. Just released, our new report, A Hidden Crisis: Underemployment in Silicon Valley’s Hourly Workforce, reveals an explosion of part-time work that helps…
$15 by ’19 for Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is one of the wealthiest and most expensive places to live in California, yet we are in a crisis of low wages and underemployment. Now is our moment to turn that around. The Sunnyvale City Council just voted Tuesday…
Silicon Valley passes landmark affordable housing policy
Every day, the Bay Area is topping national lists of places with housing crises. Now, we’re at the top of a different list — the list of who’s taking the lead on building affordable housing. Last week, the Valley Transportation Authority…
The tech industry’s invisible workforce
Today we released a new research brief, Tech’s Invisible Workforce, which reveals the breathtaking scale and depth of a decades-long trend driving inequality in Silicon Valley. Anyone working hard to get by in this region knows that rising rents and incomes…
Victory: $287 billion plan will prioritize good jobs and renter protections
Several billion dollars in transportation and land use planning funds flow to the San Francisco Bay Area each year – a projected $287 billion in the next 25 years. In a groundbreaking policy shift, the regional planning and transportation agencies that…
