The physical footprint of the Tri-Valley—its housing stock, downtown areas, commercial districts, recreational areas, schools, and community spaces—give the region its unmatched character. Building upon that vibrancy, and
ensuring that everyone can access it, is important to making the Tri-Valley an in-demand destination now and out to 2040.
Our region’s lack of available housing and the deficiency in housing options to accommodate each stage of life, along with a jobs/housing imbalance, are driving up housing costs and negatively affecting our quality of life.
While there is no single policy that will solve housing affordability, added supply of a diversity of housing products is an urgent need. ITV’s Tri-Valley 2040 VISION PLAN calls our region to embrace a HOUSING FOR ALL approach by finding innovative housing opportunities to keep our population thriving and our quality of life standards high.
Our Podcast
Innovation Tri-Valley’s Housing for All podcast discusses the housing issues facing businesses and residents of the Tri-Valley California cities of Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, and San Ramon.
Our host, Tim Sbranti, welcomes leaders from local businesses, organizations, and governments to discuss the challenges of affordable housing in the Tri-Valley, how it impacts the region’s economic development, and what’s being done to provide viable housing options and solutions needed to support continued growth in the area.
Special thanks to our partner, Hoge Fenton Attorneys, for making this podcast possible.
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Learn about current and future Tri-Valley housing, infrastructure and transportation projects HERE
Valley Link rail will add new stations to the Tri-Valley in Livermore. New station area locations provide the ability to re-envision transit-oriented development. Whereas the Tri-Valley’s BART stations contain large parking lots adjacent to the station, the Valley Link stations could instead be built at the center of car-free zones, with a mix of housing units, commercial buildings, stores, and green spaces within walking distance. These self-sustaining villages would limit the need for car ownership. Park-and-ride lots with bus service to the station could accommodate those that need to drive but could be located on less valuable real estate further from the station.
Developing out from stations in a concentric circle model, whereby density decreases as mileage from the station increases can preserve neighborhood character while concentrating activity in a small geographic area. Building with affordability in mind—mixing market-rate housing, below market-rate housing, and smaller units that are affordable by their design—can ensure that the Tri-Valley is able to house
its workforce in a way that limits housing cost burdens and provides access to jobs within the region and around the Bay Area. Affordable housing is also key to supporting the Tri-Valley’s population of veterans, the elderly, and low-income households. (+)
One reason for the Tri-Valley’s rapid employment growth over the last two decades is its relatively affordable, high quality office space. Bishop Ranch in San Ramon and Hacienda in Pleasanton give the Tri-Valley two of the Bay Area’s premier office locations, and both are home to headquarters of many prominent companies.
Tri-Valley leaders voiced the need for more spaces for innovation to occur, where serendipitous collisions of innovators can lead to the birth of new ideas. A tech/light industrial park could solidify the region as a place where ideas not only are created, they come to fruition. Light industrial manufacturing requires space and an array of talent, making the Tri-Valley an ideal location to pull engineers from around the Bay Area and the Northern San Joaquin Valley. (+)
Tri-Valley leaders spoke often about the need to streamline government interactions with the private sector, particularly when it comes to permitting new construction. With each city in the Tri-Valley having its own requirements and permitting processes, regional builders often feel they must go through onerous processes to complete new projects.
Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group regularly brings together regional elected officials, economic development and municipal leaders through committees, monthly board meetings and special initiatives to advocate for the region as a whole and to work together to effectively uphold the Tri-Valley’s quality of life.
