Silicon Valley Jobs Are Plentiful; Houses Are Not

26 June 2000 - 10:00am

A proposal from Cisco Systems to build a 6.6 million-square-foot campus for up to 20,000 workers in south San Jose has focused attention on the Silicon Valley’s housing shortage.

Cities and counties south of San Jose feel threatened by the continued industrial development in Silicon Valley because more and more technology employees are commuting from places like Hollister, Salinas and Santa Cruz. The City of San Jose, however, says it has long carried more than its fair share of the housing load and the city needs more jobs. And regional planners predict the Bay Area will create 400,000 jobs — but only 100,000 new homes — during the next 10 years.

Source: California Planning and Development Report, June 25, 2000
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.