One of the architects of these politically-themed rallies is Barak Gila, a 28-year-old passionate YIMBY activist and founder of a new startup aiming to democratize the sale of political ads. Founder of American Politics Company. In the week leading up to this week's primaries, Hira's company not only sponsored Manifold's Taco Tuesday event with Cheng, but also hosted its own free-to-fill-in-the-vote dinner at Mission Dolores' home.・A party was also held.
Eccentric and intense, Hilla has been interested in local politics since the rise of the YIMBY movement while a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and spent many years writing his own voter guide. More recently, he decided to dive full force into his sci-fi politics, although he admits he was also motivated to promote his company and ride the wave of tech money and influence flowing into local races. There is.
“I'm usually not interested in just shouting at the wind. I want to shout at the current that's just around the corner,” Hilla said. “Back in 2018, I was too young and poor and it was too early for technology to really win. To put all this together, science fiction was going to get even worse and tech money was going to get bigger, better, richer.” The winds were changing in San Francisco.”
Now, like a tornado, Hilla is posing quiz questions to the voting party dinner guests over ribeye and wine: “Who's paying for this political ad?” Does anyone know what a jungle primary is?”
