What motivated you to get personally involved in San Francisco local politics?
Replied byGarry Tan
President & CEO at Y Combinator
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Started: 2005
I got involved because local ideologies began directly hurting families and kids. The school board banned algebra in middle schools, which structurally blocks public school kids from studying engineering. I realized that if builders and citizens do not speak up and organize, local institutions and media will fail the community.
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