An economy that works for everyday people
TechEquity confronts concentrated corporate power and builds political will for an economy that works for everyday people. We do this through advocacy, coalition building, and research that put people at the center of decisions about how technology is developed and used.
A world where people have agency over how technology shapes their economic opportunities, where corporations are governed in the public interest, and where the wealth and power created through technology are shared broadly.
Three lenses on one economy
We work on how technology affects people in their roles as workers and as consumers, and on the corporate and market power that shapes how they experience the economy.
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Twelve issues, three lenses
Confronting corporate power is the foundation on which the other two areas rest, because when power concentrates, a handful of companies decide who shares in the wealth technology creates, what people can afford, and which jobs exist and on what terms.
Work and Livelihoods
Workers have real power to shape how technology is developed, deployed, and experienced, both in the workplace and across the labor market.
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Economic Agency
People can see, understand, and contest the technological systems that shape what they can afford, where they can live, how their data is used, and whether they can get ahead.
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Confronting Corporate Power and Capital Concentration
The rules governing corporations, capital, and markets are strengthened and enforced, so that new entrants and new ideas have room to compete, and concentrated tech and financial power is reshaped in the public interest.
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13 bills signed in 2026
September 30, 2026, marked a winning moment for California families, workers, and small businesses.
TechEquity Action leads the legislative work: 26 bills backed this session, 4 of them sponsored.
- AB 1776 COMPETE Act
- AB 1159 California Learner Personal Information Protection Act
- AB 1331 Prohibiting employers from using invasive workplace surveillance tools at work and in off-duty areas
- AB 1609 Right to Human Customer Services Act
- AB 1857 Grocery Store Access Act
- AB 1883 Prohibiting employers from using invasive workplace surveillance tools at work and in off-duty areas
- AB 1979 AI tools cannot replace licensed clinical judgement
- AB 2155 Arbitration agreements
- SB 574 AI in the legal field
- SB 923 Expanding Privacy Rights Act (EPRA)
- SB 947 No Robo Bosses Act
- SB 951 AI Job Killer Notice Act
- SB 1050 AI Advertisement Integrity Act
How we work
We build trust across worlds that do not usually work together, and we galvanize it into change.
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Build coalitions and convene stakeholders, including partners who do not usually sit at the same table, to advance bold ideas.
Collaborative Action
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Translate across technical, policy, and political worlds to spur action.
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Share research, data, tools, and strategy as infrastructure for the field of advocates fighting for people-first technology.
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Advocate for and refine policy proposals as they move through the political process, and ensure they are implemented and enforced.
Action Collaborative
TechEquity Action (c4) leads the activities that build political will and power and that advocate directly; TechEquity Collaborative (c3) leads research, translation, and equipping the field.
Coalitions we work in
TechEquity leads the California AI Working Group and works alongside partners in these coalitions.
- California AI Working Group
- Housing Now! Coalition
- Rise Economy Housing Committee
- Stronger California Advocates Network
- Temp Worker Advocacy Coalition
- Anti-Monopoly Coalition
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