COVID-19
Community & Economic Recovery
Task Force Status Report
Community and Economic Development
Committee
Item d(4)
January 24, 2022
Rosalynn Hughey, Deputy City Manager
Carlos Velazquez, Assistant to the City Manager
Enterprise Priority
Foundational
Strategic Fiscal Positioning
+ Resource Deployment
Powered by People
Strategy Policy
Budgeting for
Equity
City Roadmap
Budgeting,
Accountability, +
Performance
City Workforce
Diversity + Skill
Building
Project
Federal + State
Recovery
Advocacy
Secure City
Cybersecurity
Procurement
Improvement
Pension
Obligation Bond
Analysis
Continuity of City
Services Safe Workplace
Employee
Health
+ Wellness
Drive to Digital Effective Teams
San José City Roadmap | FY 2021-2022
Enterprise Priority
COVID-19 Pandemic:
Community + Economic
Recovery
Emergency Management +
Preparedness
Creating Housing +
Preventing Homelessness
Safe, Vibrant, + Inclusive
Neighborhoods +
Public Life
Building the San José of
Tomorrow with a Downtown
for Everyone
Smart, Sustainable, +
Reliable City: 21st Century
Infrastructure
Project
Housing
Stabilization
Re-Employment +
Workforce
Development
Small Business
Recovery
Food +
Necessities
Distribution
Digital Equity Child Care
Vaccination Task
Force
Emergency
Housing
Construction +
Operation
Sheltering +
Enhanced
Encampment
Services
Police Reforms
Work Plan
San José 311 +
Service Delivery
Encampment
Waste
Pick-Up
BeautifySJ
Vision Zero
Traffic Safety
Align Zoning with
General Plan
Development
Services
Transformation
Google
Development
Major Real Estate
Development
Projects
Pavement, Fire,
EOC, Transit
Capital
Improvements
Regional
Wastewater
Facility Capital
Improvements
Electrical Service
for Major
Development
Climate Smart
American Cities
Climate
Challenge
Strategy
North San José
Strategy
Equity Strategy
Development
Neighborhood
Services Access
Strategy
BART + HighSpeed Rail
Strategy
Lowering PG&E
Above Market
Costs for Clean
Energy
Policy
Build Back Better
+ Recovery Task
Force
Soft-Story
Building
Earthquake
Retrofit Policy
Encampment
Management +
Safe Relocation
Policy
Approved by Council on March 16, 2021
COVID-19 Recovery Initiatives
Updates Since August 23, 2021 CED Committee Report
Feedback from CED Committee:
• Focus on supporting small businesses and stabilizing families most impacted by the pandemic
• Suggest committees to expand reach and engagement
• Leverage work of Health and Racial Equity Task Force, Greater Downtown San José Economic Recovery Task Force, philanthropy and others to support the goals of the Task Force
September 21, 2021, City Council approved 55 member organizations for the Task Force
October 27, 2021, staff issued Information Memo with final membership – representatives
COVID-19 Recovery Task Force Membership
African American Community Service Agency
Alum Rock Santa Clara Street Business Association
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
Bill Wilson Center
Billy De Frank Center
Black Leadership Kitchen Cabinet of Silicon Valley
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County
Community Health Partnership
Destination: Home
Eastside San Jose PEACE Partnership
Evergreen Islamic Center
First 5 Santa Clara County
Gardner Health Clinic
Goodwill of Silicon Valley
Grail Family Services
Greenbelt Alliance
Healing Grove Health Center
The Health Trust
Indian Health Center of Silicon Valley
Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Building Back Better
Latino Business Foundation Silicon Valley
Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local Union 270 MACLA (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana)
Minority Business Consortium
Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute
PACT (People Acting in Community Together)
Prosperity Lab
Racial Equity Action Leadership Coalition
COVID-19 Recovery Task Force Membership
Roots Community Health Center
Sacred Heart Community Service
San José Chamber of Commerce
San José Downtown Association
San José-Evergreen Community College District
San José Jazz
San José Museum of Art
San José State University
Santa Clara and San Benito Building and Construction
Trades Council
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Santa Clara County Division of Equity and Social Justice Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United
Service Workers West (USWW)
Sí Se Puede Collective
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center
Small Business Advisory Task Force
SOMOS Mayfair
South Bay Labor Council
SV@Home
Team San José
UNITE HERE Local 19
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 5
Vietnamese American Roundtable
work2future
Working Partnerships USA
YWCA
Website: sanjoseca.gov/covid19recovery
Recovery Task Force Meetings
November 4, 2021
Orientation for Task Force members
Monthly meetings – second Thursday of
each month
December 9, 2021
Presentation on City Roadmap COVID19 Recovery Initiatives January 13, 2022
Discuss committee ideas submitted by
Task Force members
Ideas for Task Force Committees
31 ideas submitted by 19 Task Force Members
Ideas generally grouped into 7 categories:
1. Supporting Workers
2. Support Small Businesses
3. Housing
4. Community Engagement
5. Data and Budgeting
6. Community Health and Wellness
7. Arts and Culture
Other Ideas/Discussion:
• Child Care and Youth Development
• Several cross-cutting themes
• Task Members interested in working on multiple committees Next Steps
Next Task Force meeting: February 10
Finalize Committees and start work –
February/March
Next Status Report to CED Committee – April 25
Anticipate Task Force Report to Council in
November 2022
For More Info:
Website: www.sanjoseca.gov/covid19recovery
Email: [email protected]
CMO Recovery Team:
• Aurelia Bailey, Assistant to the City Manager
• Carlos Velazquez, Assistant to the City Manager
• Katerina Tubera, Staff Specialist
• Rosalynn Hughey, Deputy City Manager
• Rob Lloyd, Deputy City Manager