Civinomics

09/09/2017

thinking about paper - today government runs on paper, we must be backwrds compatible

08/02/2017

We're looking for an angular developer to help us bring Civinomics to new cities! https://angel.co/civinomics/jobs/264631-angular-developer

Apply now for Angular Developer job at Civinomics in San Francisco, Santa Cruz - Democracy won't get better unless you're using it. Getting involved starts when we see something wrong and have a suggestion to make it better. Civinomics started with a suggestion and voting app and is using gamificati...

04/05/2016

Don't Miss the Second Annual Event Cruz Cares: A Pitch Contest for Social Change, tomorrow night at 6pm at the Del mar Theatre. Learn more here:
http://blog.civinomics.com/2016/04/05/cruz-cares-and-social-entreprenuership/

Social Good, Technology, and Community Civinomics is about taking action and collaborating with others to solve our society’s social or environmental issues. Topics such as affordable housing, mana…

12/02/2015

Check out Civinomics' Cofounder Robert Singleton's TED Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Yi76vjmWo&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rPhxEwxLhcnq2b4DmpFivuD&index=14

Can we crowdsource democracy? Using smartphones and social media to stimulate, broaden and deepen civic engagement, millennial tech entrepreneur makes the ca...

11/12/2015

Affordable Housing in Santa Cruz:

http://blog.civinomics.com/2015/11/10/affordable-housing-in-santa-cruz/

Yesterday I had the pleasure of touring most of the existing affordable housing sites within the City of Santa Cruz, and beyond the heavy rainfall, I actually learned a tremendous amount about what...

10/13/2015

https://civinomics.com/app #!/polls/dems2016/input

What would the 2016 Democratic primaries look like with Ranked Choice Voting?

09/30/2015

Can Jerry Brown Save the World?

http://blog.civinomics.com/2015/09/29/can-jerry-brown-save-the-world/

Jerry Brown was livid. The four term governor is not used to losing. Last week he had to swallow the bitter pill of defeat when a central part of his environmental legislation, SB 350, was taken ou...

09/22/2015

Vacation Rentals in Santa Cruz

http://blog.civinomics.com/2015/09/22/vacation-rentals-in-santa-cruz/

Vacation rentals have been a hot topic in Santa Cruz as of late. Earlier this year the County adopted a cap on the number of homes that could be rented out as vacation rentals in specific locations...

09/15/2015

Can Affordable Housing and New Subways Ease San Francisco’s Growing Pains?

http://blog.civinomics.com/2015/09/15/can-affordable-housing-and-new-subways-ease-san-franciscos-growing-pains/

Understatement: San Francisco is growing. Being on the cutting edge of the technology industry, along with being just a gorgeous place to live, has lead to flocks of new residents migrating into th...

09/09/2015

Our Cities are Slime Mold, Can We Zone for Something Better?

http://blog.civinomics.com/2015/09/08/our-cities-are-slime-mold-can-we-zone-for-something-better/

Slime mold is an informal name given to several kinds of unrelated organisms that can live freely as single cells, but aggregate together to form multicellular reproductive structures. When they ba...

09/03/2015

Highlights from Victoria, Canada and takeaways for Santa Cruz:

http://www.theinspiringenterprise.com/articles/lessons-from-the-clv/

09/01/2015

Should the Homeless be Kicked Out of SF’s Embarcadero?

http://blog.civinomics.com/2015/09/01/should-the-homeless-be-kicked-out-of-sfs-embarcadero/

I would guess that San Francisco mayor Ed Lee probably didn’t sleep much the night before he made this announcement: “They are going to have to leave.” This was directed to the city’s homeless popu...