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Matter CC 25-160

City Council Focus Area Status Report: Growing Our Economy.

Economic Development Community & Economic Development Committee (CED) Agenda Ready Introduced 05 Nov 2025
2 Documents on file 2.28 MB · 2 extracted · 2 AI summaries
File
CC 25-160
Type
Reports to Committee
Status
Agenda Ready
Requester
Unknown
Introduced
05 Nov 2025
Last synced
12 Jun 2026 · 20:19

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Memorandum

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The memorandum provides a status report on the City Council's Focus Area Model 2.0, specifically regarding the 'Growing Our Economy' initiative. It outlines the implementation progress and infrastructure development aimed at enhancing economic growth in San José. The report highlights key activities, milestones, and updates from various focus areas, including business development, workforce preparedness, infrastructure readiness, and downtown investment. It emphasizes a learning-oriented approach to improve strategies and outcomes, with plans for ongoing evaluation and adjustments.

Key points
  • The City Council approved the Focus Area Model 2.0 on September 30, 2025.
  • The model organizes efforts into five Focus Areas, including Growing Our Economy.
  • Key milestones include the completion of logic models and retrospective training sessions.
  • The report details updates on business development, workforce programs, and downtown investment initiatives.
  • The Administration aims to build a culture of learning and adaptability in city operations.
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  • The document does not provide specific dollar amounts or outcomes related to the initiatives.

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CED COMMITTEE AGENDA: ITEM: TO: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FROM: Rosalynn Hughey SUBJECT: City Council Focus Area Status Report: Growing Our Economy DATE: December 2, 2025 Approved Date: 12/15/25 (d)3 12/2/2025 RECOMMENDATION Accept the status report on the City’s Growing Our Economy Focus Area implementation and progress toward building the long-term infrastructure required for learning and continuous improvement. BACKGROUND On September 30, 2025, the City Council approved the Focus Area Model 2.0—a framework designed to strengthen and accelerate progress on San José’s most significant, cross-cutting challenges.1 The model organizes City efforts into five Focus Areas: 1. Increasing Community Safety 2. Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness 3. Cleaning Up Our Neighborhoods 4. Growing Our Economy 5. Building More Housing Model 2.0 represents a major shift from data reporting to a shared learning model, structured through quarterly cycles of planning, executing, reflecting, and improving. Each Focus Area is supported by a logic model—a framework linking long-term goals to near-term actions and measurable results—and by a regular cadence of retrospective 1See September...
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Presentation

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The document appears to be a draft report from the City Council Focus Area Status Report on 'Growing Our Economy.' It outlines the goals and initiatives aimed at enhancing community and economic development in San José, including strategies for job creation, infrastructure readiness, and business district investments. Key performance indicators and near-term goals for fiscal year 2025-2026 are detailed, along with specific initiatives to support businesses and workforce development.

Key points
  • Focus on cultivating an ecosystem for thriving businesses and resident prosperity.
  • Goals include attracting and retaining jobs, enhancing infrastructure, and supporting downtown and neighborhood business districts.
  • Performance metrics are established to measure progress towards long-term goals.
  • Specific initiatives include engaging employers, developing data centers, and implementing workforce training programs.
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Item (d)3: City Council Focus Area Status Report: Growing Our Economy Executing Work While Building the Infrastructure for Long-Term Impact Community and Economic Development Committee December 15, 2025 Rosalynn Hughey, Deputy City Manager, Growing Our Economy Jen Baker, Director, City Manager's Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs City of San José City Manager’s Office Agenda Areas 2.0 – City Council Approved Evolution (Covered in 1 Focus Building More Housing Focus Area) 2 Execution as Learning – Focus Area Portfolio Update 3 What’s Next? Focus Areas and the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget Process 2 Logic models are the backbone of Focus Areas 2.0 They help us clarify how our work is intended to create impact by clearly aligning strategies with problems and articulating testable assumptions that we can learn from and adapt to. 3 Focus Area 2.0 – City Council Approved Evolution Logic Model Structure Long-Term Goal Long-term goals focus on big-picture results that matter to residents (outcomes). These goals look at past outcomes to show how the city is doing over time. The progress is measured with clear indicators. Problem Goal Status Green-On track Yellow-At...