Our Work

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We build cultural change—and win structural change

By bringing tech to the table in important efforts on housing and workforce & labor in California, we not only achieve more equitable policy outcomes faster, we also embed an ethos of empathy in the tech sector.
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Housing

We are experiencing an unprecedented housing and homelessness crisis. We enact systemic policy change in three areas: production, protection, and preservation.

Workforce & Labor

From automation to the gig economy, technology and the tech industry are changing the nature of work. We advance public and corporate policy that ensures everyone has access to good jobs.

What We Do

We address our affordability crisis by focusing on two key issue areas: housing and workforce & labor. We see these issues as intimately linked; economic opportunity means your home needs to enable your work, and your work needs to afford you a home.

We accomplish this lasting change by educating tech workers on the most critical issues, activating them and their employers on the highest-value advocacy campaigns to see change on that issue set, and connecting them to their neighbors so they develop a sense of mutuality and understanding.

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What we’re working on

Schools and Communities First

Give Formerly Incarcerated People a Fair Chance at Housing

Responsible Contracting in the Tech Industry

Tenant Protection Act of 2019

System Reset

Get your company engaged with the community

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OUR IMPACT

7 Million
Renters Covered
3
Policy Campaigns Won
7,500+
Community Members Engaged
80+
Educational Events Held

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