January 24, 2018 The Honorable Scott Wiener California State Senate State Capitol, Room 4066 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: SB 827 (Wiener) ZONING NEAR HIGH-QUALITY TRANSIT -- SUPPORT Dear Senator Wiener: We the undersigned California technology leaders wish to voice our support for SB 827, your “Zoning Near High-Quality Transit” bill. The lack of homebuilding in California imperils our ability to hire employees and grow our companies. We recognize that the housing shortage leads to displacement, crushing rent burdens, long commutes, and environmental harm, and we want to be part of the solution. We hope to grow our businesses in California, but it’s difficult to recruit and retain employees when they could accept jobs in other states and pay a fraction of California’s housing costs. Already, many Californiabased technology firms have accelerated hiring in other states because housing costs are too high. SB 827 will provide housing opportunities for many Californians while permitting our firms to increase good jobs and improving the fiscal position of the state budget. The housing shortage places a huge burden on workers, many of whom face punishingly long commutes and pay over half of their income on rent. Caltrain and BART receive significant state funding and are the backbones of our regional transit infrastructure, and yet these systems are not able to realize their full potential because too few people are able to take advantage of them to shorten their commutes. SB 827 would expand housing opportunities for everyone and is vital to ensuring that the Bay Area remains an engine of social mobility, as well as economic growth. We therefore solidly support SB 827, and urge your colleagues in the Legislature to stand with you. Thank you for your leadership on this critical issue. Sincerely, Nat Friedman California YIMBY, Co-Founder Xamarin, CEO Zack Rosen California YIMBY, Co-Founder Pantheon, CEO Marc Benioff Salesforce, CEO Jack Dorsey Twitter and Square, CEO Jeremy Stoppelman Yelp, CEO Logan Green Lyft, CEO Chris Beard Mozilla, CEO Reid Hoffman Greylock, Partner Dustin Moskovitz Asana, CEO Jared Friedman Y Combinator, Partner Jessica Mah inDinero, CEO Patrick Collison Stripe, CEO Alexis Ohanian, Sr. Reddit, Co-Founder Tracy Young PlanGrid, CEO 1 Josh Albrecht Sourceress, Co-Founder Jack Altman Lattice, CEO Denis Anscombe Index, CEO Keith Ballinger Microsoft, Director of Program Management Justin Bedecarre HelloOffice, CEO Henrik Bennetsen Canvas, Co-Founder Todd Berman Loom, CEO Lukas Biewald Weights and Balances, CEO Gagan Biyani Sprig, CEO Ethan Block Digit, CEO Vladimir Blumen Alto Pharmacy, Co-Founder Jason Boehmig Ironclad, Inc., CEO Maxwell Brodie Kaizena, Co-Founder Matt Brown Bonsai, CEO Carl Carell GetAccept, Co-Founder Dan Carroll Clever, Co-Founder Jason Chen Slab, CEO Brian Clark HDP Health, CEO Lawrence Coburn DoubleDutch, CEO Ron Conway SV Angel, Founder, Co-Managing Partner Cristina Cordova Stripe, Business Development & Partnerships David Cramer Sentry, CEO Neville Crawley Kiva, CEO Felicia Curcuru Binti, CEO Adam D’Angelo Quora, CEO Waseem Daher Pilot, CEO Andrew Dickson Acre Designs, CEO Kurt Ericson AgileMD, Co-Founder George Favvas Circle Medical, CEO Donald Fischer Tidelift, CEO David Frankel Founder Collective, Managing Partner, Co-Founder Taro Fukuyama Fond, CEO Ooshma Garg Gobble, CEO Adam Gibson Skymind, Co-Founder David Gobaud Mobius, CEO Anurag Goel Cove, CEO Ranvir Gujral Chute, CEO Eric Gundersen Mapbox, CEO Prerna Gupta HOOKED, CEO Josh Hannah Matrix Partners, General Partner David Hsu Retool, CEO Rob Hunter HigherMe, CEO Luke Iseman Boxouse, CEO Nabil Kassam Noble Iron, CEO Paul Katsen Blockspring, CEO Andy Kim Niles AI, Co-Founder Aaron King Snapdocs, CEO Kwindla Kramer Daily, CEO 2 Matt Krisiloff Y Combinator, Director, YC Research Katherine Krug BetterBack, CEO Jayant Kulkarni Quartzy, CEO Amit Kumar Accel Partners, Investor Christian Lanng Tradeshift, CEO Tracy Lawrence Chewse, CEO Jeff Lawson Twilio, CEO Aaron Levie Box, CEO Daniel Levine Accel Partners, Investor David Lieb Google, Product Lead, Google Photos Zijie Lin GoLorry, Co-Founder Chris Lindland Betabrand, CEO Alex Lofton Landed, Co-Founder Chris Lotz Goodcover, CEO Charity Majors honeycomb, CEO Mike Maples, Jr. Floodgate, Founding Partner Ben Marcus AirMap, CEO Scott Maxwell OpenView, Founder, Managing Partner Nick Mehta Gainsight, CEO Marten Mickos HackerOne, CEO Ann Miura-Ko Floodgate, Co-Founding Partner William Morgan Buoyant, CEO Rosanna Myers Carbon Robotics, CEO Prayag Narula LeadGenius, CEO Maran Nelson Clara Labs, CEO Vladimir Novakovski Elliot Technologies, CEO Jen O’Neal Tripping.com, CEO Tim O’Reilly O’Reilly Media, CEO Ryan Petersen Flexport, CEO Roy Raanani Chorus, CEO Keith Rabois Khosla Ventures, Investment Partner Ben Rahnema Returnbase, CEO Guillermo Rauch Zeit, CEO Joseph Reisinger Facet, CEO Eric Ries Long Term Stock Exchange, CEO Joanna Riley Censia, CEO Alex Rodrigues Embark Technology, CEO Arram Sabeti ZeroCater, CEO Can Sar Value Voting, Co-Founder Judd Schoenholtz Open Listings, CEO Tim Schwartz motion, CEO Bhanu Sharma Maker, CEO Shawn Simpson Boutique Air, CEO Star Simpson Corvidair, CEO Brian Sloss Disclosures.io, Co-Founder Sai Soundararaj FloydHub, CEO 3 Alexander Stigsen Realm, CEO Jarrett Streebin EasyPost, CEO Ilya Sukhar Matrix Partners, General Partner James Tamplin Founder Collective, Founder Partner Garry Tan Initialized Capital, Co-Founder, Managing Partner Yuliya Tarasava CNote, Co-Founder Samuel Tia Correlia Biosystems, Co-Founder Des Traynor Intercom, Co-Founder David Ulevitch OpenDNS, CEO Deena Varshavskaya Wanelo, CEO Joseph Walla HelloSign, CEO Alexandr Wang Scale API, CEO Kalvin Wang Nava, Co-Founder Heather Watkins Better Impact Marketing, CEO Evan Weaver FaunaDB, CEO Richard White UserVoice, CEO Doug Wightman Groq, CEO Andy Wilson Logikcull, CEO Cameron Woodward Sprinkle Lab, CEO Hanadie Yousef Juvena Therapeutics, CEO Tim Zheng ZenProspect, CEO CC: Assemblymember Phil Ting Senator Nancy Skinner Senator Toni Atkins Governor Jerry Brown 4