November 2022 We won one of California’s only successful rent control campaigns through a charter amendment in Pasadena. We were up against the deep pockets of the real estate industry and prevailed through a strong field, fundraising and media campaign. Let us know if you want to work towards rent control in your city.

November 2022 We won YES ON M to pass an empty homes tax in San Francisco with the Democratic Socialists of America. There are 40,000 vacant homes in SF and a massive affordability and homelessness crisis, so we incentivized putting vacant units on the market through a per-unit tax — we believe the strongest vacancy tax of it’s kind in the country.

November 2022 We ran a Universal Childcare measure to tax wealthy biotech corporations like Genentech to get universal childcare and preschool for all in South City, and raise teacher pay.

2022 We ran upstart Democratic Socialist City Councilmember James coleman for Assembly in San Mateo County.

Prop I, November 2020 We won a bold measure to DOUBLE the transfer tax on massive real estate sales to fund pandemic back rent and social housing.

2016, 2019, 2020 and 2024.

In 2019, we elected the first Democratic Socialist Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in a special election against an appointed incumbent. We’ve ran his subsequent elections and are currently working on 2024.

Prop C, November 2018 A true Tax the Rich measure, we won a massive gross receipts tax on large corporations worth over 50 million a year to fund homeless services. The tax raises over $400M a year.

Prop F, June 2018 Taking on the real estate industry with tenants organizations and DSA SF, we won a Right to Counsel measure which gives all San Franciscans a free lawyer if they face eviction.

We ran a tiered, progressive parcel tax that targets mainly large landlords and corporations in San Francisco to fund workforce development, services for students, ESL, citizenship classes and other critical needs that make City College the SF jewel it is.