Leading the Way to Smart Growth: Lessons from Silicon Valley

by Xanthe Asher

When
February 25, 2009   3:00 pm   
Where
UC Berkeley Alumni House, Toll Room
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Learn from keynote speaker, Carl Guardino, President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, how this Leadership Group shapes regional planning policies and delivers results in innovative solutions to the toughest challenges facing Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is a public policy trade association that represents over 285 of Silicon Valley's most respected companies. The Leadership Group is a collaborative high tech business group devoted to bringing together business executives and government officials to address major public policy issues affecting the economic health and quality of life in the Santa Clara Valley Region. As a model private regional planning organization, the SVLG advocates for affordable housing, comprehensive regional transportation, reliable energy, effective public schools and a prepared workforce, a sustainable environment, and business and tax policies that keep California competitive. Free and open to the public, this event is sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS), UC Berkeley Travers Department of Political Science, and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). This fifth lecture is part of the The Victor Jones Memorial Lecture Series on Metropolitan Governance which brings to the UC Berkeley campus distinguished speakers on the topic of regional affairs, urban studies, federalism, comparative government, metropolitan and local administration, and intergovernmental relations. Administered by IGS, this occasional lecture series serves as a lasting tribute to Victor Jones, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, who died on April 1, 2001 at the age of 92. Victor Jones was a pioneer in the academic study of metropolitan government. For more information, visit http://igs.berkeley.edu/events/jones.