New EBLC CEO, Upcoming Events, and California’s Homelessness Spending
After a four-month search that included more than one hundred applicants, the East Bay Leadership Council (EBLC) and Contra Costa Economic Partnership (CCEP) have selected Mark Orcutt as their next President & CEO / Executive Director.
Orcutt is a Northern California native who started his career working on statewide governance reform at California Forward and leading political campaigns across the Bay Area. Since being hired in 2015, Orcutt has taken on increased leadership roles within both organizations and has become well-respected for his innovation, operational skill set, and strategic communications.
Next Up | East Bay Leadership Series to feature Sherrilyn Ifill
Join us for Part 2 of the East Bay Leadership Series presented by Kaiser Permanente where we will be joined by Sherrilyn Ifill, the second woman to ever lead the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Our conversation will focus on consequential political and social issues relevant to our East Bay community, including inequity in education, voter suppression, appointments to the supreme court, and more.
Sherrilyn has a moving story to share and has proven to provide clarity and vision through some of the most intense moments in our nation’s modern history.
Please bring your questions and join us for this virtual event. Registration is free for employees of EBLC member companies.
Date / Time / Location
Thursday, March 2
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Zoom Webinar
Cost
Employees of EBLC member companies — Free
Non-members — $25
2023 East Bay Leadership Series Sponsors
Sponsorship Opportunities
To learn more about the valuable sponsor benefits or to sponsor just one portion of the 2023 Series, email Mark Orcutt (mark@eblcmail.org).
Task Force Update | Meeting to focus on the energy grid next week
Join us on Tuesday as we take a closer look at grid reliability.
We will start with the story of Apple Inc. and its path to 100% renewable energy. What can we learn from the regulatory and other challenges encountered in states across the U.S. and in countries around the world?
Then we will focus on the grid itself, which is becoming more important as we move collectively toward alternative energy — as California has committed to by 2045.
Lastly, our presenter will focus on one of the least well understood areas — hydrogen’s potential role as an energy vector in the grid of the future and the economy.
Featured Speaker: Mike Petouhoff, PE
Mike has more than 35 years of experience as a global clean energy leader focused on renewable energy transition, grid reliability, and hydrogen. At California Energy Commission, Mike led the team that developed a 5-year research initiative to “Create a More Nimble Grid to Maintain Reliability as California Transitions to 100% Clean Energy." As Apple’s Global Energy Team Leader, Mike was the architect and chief implementer of the company’s transition to 100% clean energy in the United States and 23 other countries. At Chevron Energy Solutions, Mike led the development of West Village, California’s first zero net energy town, through a grant from the California Energy Commission. Through this project he demonstrated the feasibility of reaching zero net energy with all electric end use, which had previously only been viewed as an aspirational goal.
Date / Time / Location
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Zoom Webinar
Must Read | For the first time, a new state report offers a bird-eye view of how much the state has spent to halt homelessness
Ben Christopher in CalMatters: In Sacramento, there’s a word that keeps popping up during discussions about the state’s homelessness crisis: “accountability.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom has scolded cities and counties for failing to get more people off the street, hundreds of millions in state spending notwithstanding. “Californians demand accountability and results, not settling for the status quo,” the governor said last November.
Republicans in the Legislature have called for an audit of the state’s homelessness spending. Democrats are still absorbing the last one from 2021, but many want to see the state’s money come with strings attached. This week, Assemblymember Luz Rivas, an Arleta Democrat, introduced a bill that would demand “tangible results” from local governments before they receive homelessness grants — mirroring an idea from the governor’s own budget proposal.
The increasingly bipartisan chorus points to two stark, seemingly contradictory trends: The state keeps spending more to address the crisis, and the crisis keeps getting worse. So where, they ask, is all the money going?
On Wednesday, California lawmakers got something that resembles an answer.
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