In the short time since he relocated from Brooklyn to San Jose in 2008, Garrett Herbert has become one of the South Bay’s most engaged citizens. The managing partner for Deloitte’s Silicon Valley practice, he chairs SPUR’s San Jose Board of Directors, serves as board president of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and is an active member of American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley.

Letter to the Land Use and Transportation Committee supporting the Central SoMa plan.

As real estate prices continue to climb throughout the region, many nonprofits are feeling the pinch and confronting potential displacement from the communities they serve. One mitigation to this challenge — and one that strengthens organizations — is the nonprofit center, a model for shared facilities that look to achieve affordable, stable occupancy for the organizations they serve.

Savlan Hauser’s first interest in cities was an economic one. She grew up in Redding, California, and though, as she explains, it’s “a beautiful spot,” it has, like many American cities, seen its main street decimated by the onslaught of big-box stores at the fringes of town.

SPUR's Double Up Food Bucks makes fruits and vegetables more affordable for low-income families while increasing revenue for both grocers and California farmers. After its first year in operation, survey results show that families are buying and eating more fruits and vegetables — and stretching their food budgets further — thanks to the program.

The year-long Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge brought together local residents, public officials, designers and engineers to develop innovative proposals that can strengthen the Bay Area’s resilience to sea level rise, severe storms, earthquakes and flooding. The nine final design concepts are meant to inspire, catalyze action and push us all along the path to a more resilient future.

Letter supporting Supervisor Tang's ADU legislation.

Letter supporting Supervisor Tang's amendments to the HOME-SF program.

It’s our great pleasure to share with you SPUR’s 2018 Annual Report — a report back to our community on the key things we’ve been working on. Some of our proudest accomplishments have been years, even decades, in the making. In this annual report, we feature our efforts from the past year, as well as long-term projects we have slowly pushed forward, year after year.

Letter supporting increased housing and density at the Brisbane Baylands project site.

SPUR supports the steps that are being taken to improve the city of San Jose’s accessory dwelling unit ordinance and bring it into compliance with state law and encourages the city to take them even further.

SPUR strongly supports VTA, the City of Jose, Caltrain and the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) Authority entering into a cooperative agreement as a first step toward joint planning and governance of San Jose’s central station, Diridon.