years ago we developed a collective impact with a couple of other nonprofits called the east side education initiativealley education foundation came together with the hispanic foundation of silicon valley and leaf, another nonprofit organization in the santa clara county office of ed. and we all got together and decided how can we lift the latino community here in san jose? what is that going to take so that we have long lasting sustainable economic mobility for the students in east san jose? so we got together and the research is there on what needs to be done and put together an initiative and then sought funding. and we were able to launch at the beginning of last year, in january of 2023. this initiative is actually two-prong. the first prong is the short term funding for supplemental services that the school districts in east san jose cannot afford. the much more important prong is the long-term funding solution that the state of california must address so that the students in east san jose can thrive, that they can become the workforce of silicon valley, and that we can secure an economically m

her team is partnering with several other powerful education nonprofits to form the east side education initiative. the initiative aims to fill in funding gaps by providing grants. more importantly, the group hopes to force lawmakers to change the state funding formula. the campaign is called zip code, code red. >> absolutely code red. i am raj mathai. the superintendent notes that of silicon valley is interested creating diverse workforce, they should be pushing for school funding equality as well. tran night diverse communities ready to take the jobs, they need to be educated and we need the tools to educate them. >> reporter: reach out to california department of education for, but have yet to hear back. damian trujillo with nbc bay area news . >>> new information on the effort to bring so-called new city to solano county. the group is called california forever. the group adjusted its proposal it wants on the november ballot . it got pushed back from county leaders over where they want to build and environmental and economic impact. the new city located where the yellow area is on the map. this

chris ramírez de education initiative, una iniciativa para mejorar la educación de los latinos en el east sideodemos hacer mucho mejor. y por eso está aquí hoy. usted, este usted representa lo que se le llama la education initiative. una iniciativa de educación en el este a de san josé es una colaboración de varias agencias para cambiar esa calificación. tiene razón. hace algunos años realizamos esta colectiva am son diferentes organizaciones, incluyendo silicon valley education foundation, la fundación hispana life y también el condado de santa clara. y juntos nos pensamos qué es lo que está sucediendo en el este de san josé, por qué los estudiantes no están recibiendo los mismos apoyos que otras escuelas están recibiendo y nos juntamos, realizamos esta colectiva? am por 2 razones una am para indicar, para trabajar con la legislación, para trabajar con diferentes senadores, para tener una solución a largo plazo y la segunda para apoyar estos, estos distritos, estas escuelas con con los proyectos suplementarios que necesitan para que los estudiantes tengan los mismos logros, las mismas oportun