To fix SF, we need new leadership on the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is SF's Congress — 11 ppl who write the laws, approve the budget, & appoint commissioners. I'm running for District 11 Supervisor to fight for my often forgotten district (Excelsior, Outer Mission, Lakeview/OMI), & be the tipping point 6th seat on the Board for competence & change. For the past 5 years I've delivered results on two of the biggest challenges in D11 — affordable childcare & workforce housing — and now I want to fix SF: safe clean streets, affordable housing, childcare & good schools, small businesses, & good government. Join me: www.votemichaellai.com

Ran and won a seat on the SF Democratic County Central Committee together with SF Democrats for Change!

Wu Yee is the largest Head Start early education network in SF, serving 1500 kids per year, including in District 11 (Excelsior & OMI). I was a volunteer preschool teacher here in 2016!

Higher Ground is the largest and fastest growing Montessori school network in the US, and soon, world.

Tinycare was acquired by Higher Ground Education in 2023. We reimagined America's childcare system through a network of Montessori & Reggio inspired micro daycares with a new model providing housing for teachers ($17.9M raised, grew 10x during COVID).

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Promise is a nonprofit accelerator for social entrepreneurs improving early childhood development.

Minerva is a new, accredited university funded with ~$128 million and led by a Harvard Dean and Silicon Valley entrepreneur to build a more global (7 countries in 4 yrs), rigorous, and accessible ($12K/year tuition) higher education model.

Noodle is the 3rd edtech company founded and led by education entrepreneur John Katzman, the founder of The Princeton Review and 2U (both public companies).

Google.org is Google's social impact arm, building products to make elections more free and fair, visualizing data during crises, expanding clean energy adoption, and more.