Past meetings and related developments appear here together, with public meeting summaries carrying the main civic narrative.
NewsSM Daily Journal
7/9/2026, 3:47:14 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Launching an artificial intelligence tool to take notes and summarize important information from a virtual meeting can be alluring. Seconds after one of the agents attends an hour-long video conference, …
NewsThe Real Deal — SF
7/1/2026, 7:00:00 PM
San Francisco’s battered office market is showing signs of a real turnaround, with artificial intelligence companies fueling the strongest decline in the vacancy rate of any major U.S. city. Office vacancy fell to rough…
NewsThe San Jose Blog
6/30/2026, 7:00:00 PM
San Jose claimed the number one position in a detailed national evaluation of how well metropolitan areas support artificial intelligence development. The metro received top marks across the core measures that track pat…
NewsMountain View Voice
6/29/2026, 5:14:15 PM
California has launched what state officials describe as the nation’s first public dashboard to track potential job losses linked to artificial intelligence, part of an effort to monitor how the technology is affecting …
NewsThe Almanac
6/29/2026, 5:14:15 PM
California has launched what state officials describe as the nation’s first public dashboard to track potential job losses linked to artificial intelligence, part of an effort to monitor how the technology is affecting …
NewsRedwood City Pulse
6/29/2026, 5:14:15 PM
California has launched what state officials describe as the nation’s first public dashboard to track potential job losses linked to artificial intelligence, part of an effort to monitor how the technology is affecting …
NewsPalo Alto Online
6/27/2026, 12:11:29 AM
The Palo Alto Unified School District denied all claims in a response to a federal lawsuit filed by local parent Takashi Kato, who believes his son was falsely accused of using artificial intelligence to write an essay,…
NewsThe San Jose Blog
6/26/2026, 2:00:00 PM
HITT Contracting has broken ground on the next phase of Microsoft’s Alviso datacenter campus in San Jose. The project will deliver 48 megawatts of critical capacity, including co-location facilities and support space, t…
NewsSM Daily Journal
6/23/2026, 9:00:06 AM
Marie Lansley recently started a new job in a new city while searching for a new partner. In her dating pursuits, the freshly minted San Franciscan said she’s been “trying everything”— including some help from artificia…
NewsABC7 News Bay Area / KGO
6/18/2026, 10:36:17 PM
San Francisco is bracing for a major economic boost as local artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic move toward initial public offerings, with city officials and real estate agents already seeing early s…
NewsSM Daily Journal
6/18/2026, 5:39:37 PM
Federal regulators have agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence da…
NewsThe Real Deal — SF
6/16/2026, 11:37:26 PM
San Francisco’s long-depressed office market is approaching a level of leasing activity not seen in three decades, due in large part to an influx of artificial intelligence firms. Tenants leased about 6.4 million square…
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June 2026
Civic activity from this month
1 meeting • 6 news items • 7 total
News
6/16/2026, 1:20:37 PM
Nvidia is betting on artificial intelligence to revive U.S. manufacturing. The Silicon Valley company on Tuesday is unveiling a major AI infrastructure upgrade as part of a $2 billion partnership…
News
6/11/2026, 7:48:29 AM
Microsoft broke ground Wednesday on a 48-megawatt data center campus in San Jose’s Alviso neighborhood that city leaders say will support growing demand for cloud computing and artificial…
News
6/6/2026, 12:00:00 PM
The topic of artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore — at home, at work or with friends, it’s the conversation on everyone’s lips. Will this burgeoning technology take our jobs? Will it do…
News
6/5/2026, 10:39:05 AM
Television and movie actors have voted to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services. This comes after union leaders negotiated protections against synthetic actors created by…
The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the Bay Area housing market, not just in rising home prices but in the amount of cash buyers are putting down on homes. A new report from Realtor.com…
The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the Bay Area housing market, not just in rising home prices but in the amount of cash buyers are putting down on homes. A new report from Realtor.com…
MeetingMeeting summary
6/2/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting's 2026-06-02 meeting centered on Valley Healthcare equipment donation and Under advisement from September 10, 2024 (Item No. 20), May 20, 2025 (Item No. 13), and June 9, 2025 (Item…
May 2026
Civic activity from this month
0 meetings • 1 news item • 1 total
News
5/21/2026, 10:06:31 PM
In Silicon Valley, the epicenter of artificial intelligence, local businesses’ usage of the technology varies widely. One business leader who uses AI heavily says it has saved her ten hours of work…
