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Literally a screenshot
It turns out it was just an allergic reaction to that quantity of guac.
So how are we going to talk about local politics without being boring?
I think it worked well with ballot.fyi
Yea, when people can vote on whether to put condoms on pornstars, it's not hard.
Pun?
😏
You don't need to know a lot to be dangerous.
You can start a conversation by just saying "Ron Conway."
What are we making?
A guide to help people understand and get involved in their local community, starting with elections.
Why elections?
It's when people get spammed by politicians and get a thiccc voter guide in the mail. We'll help them sort through the madness.
And then trap them into reading SMS convos.
About Us (really)
By The Bay is led by Jimmy Chion and Yvonne Leow, two San Franciscans, who love almost all things Californian.
Our mission is to transform residents into citizens. We think local issues like housing, homelessness, and public transit affect us everyday, but it's hard to know how to participate. By The Bay is our way of changing that, starting with elections.
Our mission is to transform residents into citizens. We think local issues like housing, homelessness, and public transit affect us everyday, but it's hard to know how to participate. By The Bay is our way of changing that, starting with elections.
We're nonpartisan, but not boring
We try to convey all relevant arguments as fairly and factually as possible. We are human though – so please email us at hi@bythebay.cool if you see anything that needs some TLC.
We made a thing before
We're funded by the Knight Foundation
Who We Are (as people)
Jimmy Chion
was a designer and engineer at IDEO, an instructor at California College of Arts, and an Artist-in-Residence at Autodesk. He has two degrees from Stanford, neither of which have anything to do with politics. He created ballot.fyi, and now leads design and development at BTB. Send him a punny message at jimmy@bythebay.cool
Yvonne Leow
is a digital journalist by trade. She has worked at Vox.com, Digital First Media, and the AP. She is currently the president of the AAJA and was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford. Yvonne leads editorial and partnerships at BTB. Send her a haiku at yvonne@bythebay.cool.Advisors
Katharina Borchert
Chief Open Innovation Officer, Mozilla
Alex Feerst
Head of Legal, Medium
Jared Friedman
Partner, Y Combinator
Colleen Wilson
Executive Director of Product & Innovation, KQED
Jay Badenhope
Product Leader and Lean Startup Coach
Press & mentions
Emails never hurt anyone (email servers tho...)
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Local politics drives our daily life. We strive to be nonpartisan and present all perspectives fairly, so please send us a note via email or text with any corrections, concerns, or questions.
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Pretty much all rights reserved © By The Bay 2018