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With the announcement from tech giants like Facebook and Twitter that most of their employees can work from home forever, many people are expecting a mass tech exodus from the Bay Area—a texodus, if you will. For some, it’s a call for celebration, a release of the pressure valve of… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the urgency of fixing our housing crisis up to a fever pitch. With more than one-fifth of Californians out of work, unemployment benefits set to expire in the coming months, and a massive statewide deficit, we’re potentially facing mass evictions and stagnated housing production. With… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically reshaped the state’s budget outlook. Before the pandemic, California was assuming another year of economic growth and budgeted accordingly. Instead, the economic woes from the pandemic have opened a $50 billion hole—25% of the state’s entire budget—that makes cuts inevitable and new investments difficult. Join… Read More

[Content warning: Black death, Black trauma] Last week was a horrific demonstration of the way power is wielded against Black people in this country.  We saw it in Amy Cooper, a white woman who threatened to call the cops on Christian Cooper, a Black man who simply asked her to… Read More

Long before the COVID-19 crisis, there was a human-made crisis of an economy so broken that almost half American families couldn’t scrape together $400 in an emergency. Now, with the nation approaching 36 million unemployed, policymakers are forced to reckon with an economy that valued big returns for shareholders over… Read More

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Long before the COVID-19 crisis, there was a human-made crisis of an economy so broken that almost half American families couldn’t scrape together $400 in an emergency. Now, with the nation approaching 36 million unemployed, policymakers are forced to reckon with an economy that valued big returns for shareholders over… Read More

This week we hosted our first virtual Ignite event. The theme for this event was stories of innovation and inspiration sparked by COVID-19. We were excited to have over 50 attendees dial-in and join us for this event.  The pandemic has sparked a sense of urgency to come together and… Read More

We support AB 2345 which will boost affordable housing production by expanding the state’s density bonus program. The density bonus encourages affordable housing production by allowing developers to add more units and receive exemptions from building restrictions when they add more affordable units to their projects. This bill will grant… Read More

We support SB 902 which will repeal single-family only zoning statewide and instead allow two to four unit buildings on every residential property in California. Single-family only zoning policies are rooted in a racist and exclusionary past. This bill will begin to correct that ugly legacy and massively increase our… Read More