Politics-as-usualis the problem.The answer is Us.
Our state can be greater, our communities can be stronger, and the power to make those things happen can — and should — rest with us.
We are done with the corruption, the career politicians, and the failure.
Insiders keep putting themselves and their allies first, and Californians are paying the price (literally). Us is different: we always put voters first.
Making politics accessible
Other political organizations are needlessly complicated, with layers of committees and processes seemingly designed to keep power in the hands of a few insiders. Us is simple. If you are a member, you have a vote.
Serving your priorities
Us doesn't just show up every two years. We provide members with the tools and power they need to make progress in their communities year-round. Career politicians only reach out when they need something. Us is different.
Electing true public servants
We support candidates who pledge to step aside after 10 years in elected office. No more politicians-for-life, who can avoid returning to the world they made. Just people who will use their time in office to make a real difference.
Respecting our members
We are disgusted by our own side's willingness to spam us, sell our data, and exploit our elderly relatives and neighbors. We never spam, never manufacture urgency, and never share your data, even with the politicians we support.
A politics that serves voters, not politicians.
A party's voters are its customers. Today's political establishment is anti-customer: they engage on their schedule (fundraising deadlines), about their agenda (raising money). Us gives members tools to come together and make progress on their priorities, every day.
“In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns. For the former therefore to return among the latter was not to degrade but to promote them.”Benjamin Franklin · Constitutional Convention, July 26, 1787
- IdeasLive
Create and support ideas to make your community better, and then get them done.
- GatheringsSoon
- NeighborsSoon
Win. Govern. Step aside.
Us backs candidates who agree, in writing, to a lifetime limit on their years in elected office. No more entitlement. No more endless job-hopping. No more out-of-touch politicians. We help everyday people win, do good, and go home.
Pledge
Sign it before anything else: if you are lucky enough to serve, you will cap your time in elected office. No career politicians.
Run
File the paperwork, build your team, and launch your campaign. You run your own race, focused on your voters.
Apply
Apply to be backed by Us. Only those who sign the Pledge are eligible. Then our members vote to decide whom to endorse.
Win
Us independently campaigns to elect our endorsed candidates. 100% of member dues go towards operations, not fundraising.
Govern.
Stay focused. Serve the public. Make lives better. Then honor your pledge and return to live in the world you helped shape.
Respect voters, ban fundraising spam
Spam texts are incompatible with true public service. It is time for our leaders to stand up for voters and take on the spammers.
We have built a tool to do just that. All of these spammers — the anti-voter politicians, self-serving consultants, and scam PACs — have one thing in common: ActBlue.
Membership-supported, membership-led.
We do not accept money from corporations, interest groups, shell organizations, or foreign nationals. We are funded by our members, and each member has an equal voice and vote.
- Clear, transparent member dues and benefits.
- No VIPs, no backroom deals, no special treatment.
- An organization that members, candidates, and voters can be proud of.
Run by us. Funded by us. Built for us.
Become a memberCalifornians building a new public service.