Bay Area is the $154B Startup Ecosystem Golden Goose. Sacramento Wants to Kill It.
The numbers prove SF is the undisputed capital of innovation. So why are California politicians hellbent on driving it away?
California's June 2 primary is weeks away, and Garry's List has launched a voter guide aggregating endorsements from housing, labor, and civic reform groups in one searchable place. Behind the election, the state's fiscal crisis is center stage: the nonpartisan LAO confirms spending grew 10 points faster than revenue since the pandemic, producing structural deficits of $20–$30 billion annually that analysts say are simply unsustainable. Meanwhile, the Legislature is moving contested bills that could reshape Big Tech competition and restrict press coverage of immigration nonprofits.
The numbers prove SF is the undisputed capital of innovation. So why are California politicians hellbent on driving it away?
The progressive politician who blocked 495 homes now wants to run California's insurance market into the ground.
Founders are already planning their escape routes. YC's strategy: leave after Series B, go distributed. "Suboptimal, but we know how to do this."
She wants to seize private property, calls homeownership 'white supremacy,' and ran crying when asked about her mom's $1.6M home.
San Jose's mayor is weighing a run—and his track record of actually fixing homelessness has founders begging him to go statewide.
The Governor touts a 9% drop in "unsheltered" homelessness. The actual numbers tell a very different story.
Half of California's billionaire wealth has fled the state—and the wealth tax isn't even on the ballot yet.
San Jose's mayor goes on national TV to warn Sacramento that their wealth tax scheme will backfire spectacularly.
The YIMBY ringleader is running for Congress on housing wins, tough-on-crime bills, and a decade of fighting for algebra.