Large tech companies like Google and Facebook should be aware of the effect they're having on their cities and neighboring communities and invest in social infrastructure to protect against poverty and create healthier cities.

A single-payer healthcare system would not only be more efficient, but would support startups and other small entrepreneurs.

Equalizing maternity and paternity leave, and making both substantial, would also help equalize working environments.

That there is an enormous homeless problem in San Francisco isn't a good reason to not live there. It is a great reason to try and solve the causes of the problem, so we can all have better lives in our communities.

If you're going to promote standardized, computerized testing in public schools, maybe also think about promoting increased resources to support teachers, who are stretched to breaking point, and modernize facilities.

Smart freeways are a good idea, but smarter, integrated public transport is a better one.

Startups are great, but not everything should be a startup. Some things should be services that government provides, and we should pressure them to do so. Privatizing public services is not a positive thing.

Libraries will never stop being important, and they deserve our tax dollars.

The State of California should work with private industry to make museum entry free, every day (although it would be better if this was fully publicly funded).

We should understand that we are all connected, and enriching our communities enriches us, too.