Monterey Bay - Silicon Valley IRP

Monterey Bay - Silicon Valley
Inter-Regional Partnership

Solutions/Strategies
The Monterey Bay-Silicon Valley IRP focused on developing strategies that would address the complex dynamics of neighboring regions. The strategies devised by this IRP respect local and regional differences and autonomies. They represent opportunities for collaborative regional initiatives and state level advocacy. Also identified are local strategies that may be considered by individual jurisdictions, depending on local conditions and interests. Below are the objectives or goals of the individual strategies. For a complete list of the strategies, go to the Monterey Bay-Silicon Valley IRP website 'Reports and Data' page.

Collaborative Regional Strategies:

Housing Choices - Create more workforce housing, in a range of affordability levels, near job centers and transportation in the Inter-Regional Partnership area.
Job Growth - Create job growth and business expansion opportunities near housing centers in the Inter-Regional Partnership area.
Smart Growth and Resource Conservation - Create more efficient land use and transportation patterns, while protecting the environmental vitality of the Inter-Regional Partnership area.
Public/Private Partnerships - Establish or maintain public/private sector partnerships to identify, create and support a regional revenue plan, public education plan and other implementation activities of the Inter-Regional Partnership Program

State Advocacy Strategies:

Fiscal Reform and Incentives - Realign the State and local fiscal relationship.
Regulatory Reforms - Achieve regulatory reforms.

Local Strategies are centered on four objectives:

Housing Production - Create more local housing production near local job centers and transportation facilities.
Housing Affordability - Create a range of local housing affordability options near local job centers.
Job Growth - Create local job growth and business expansion near local housing centers.
Smart Growth and Resource Conservation - Create more local mixed use, compact land development and efficient transportation patterns, and preserve local open space.