The Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Tech & innovationthe technology + innovation committee secured several key victories for members in 2023. Svlg led a statewide coalition in opposing assembly bill 316 (aguiar-curry), a bill that would have required that all heavy-duty autonomous vehicles over 10,001 pounds have a human operator in each such vehicle. Svlg met with every legislators' office - assembly and senate - as well members of The governor's administration. The bill was vetoed by The governor. Additionally, svlg supported member companies in advancing goals towards chip act resources, by hosting regular meetings with The governor's leader on ca business development and working with go-biz staff to connect chips act fund applicants and government leaders. Svlg also supported The successful efforts of nearly a dozen member companies to secure The northwest ai microelectronics hub (with funding from The department of defense), housed at stanford university. Finally, svlg launched The responsible ai working Group, hosting a sacramento legislators day on artificial intelligence and meeting with ai bill authors to share member perspectives. Svlg was also a key media resource on ai, being featured in bloomberg law, la times, sf chronicle and others.

Transportationsvlg jointly advocated alongside a coalition of business groups, transit agencies, and environmental advocates calling for state funding to address The "fiscal cliff," which is an anticipated shortfall in revenues for bay area transit agencies in The state budget. After The state initially proposed $2 billion in cuts to transit, The final state budget actually increased The amount put towards transit, at a level in The end of $5.1 billion.

Housing & community developmentsvlg support and advocacy helped contribute to The planning and creation of over 27,000 housing units in The region. Additionally, svlg co-sponsored state legislation to speed up The post-entitlement phase permitting process for housing and addresses a significant hurdle to increasing The construction of housing. This bill was signed into law and is citied as an important step that wil accelerate housing production and help address The current shortfall in available units.