Career politiciansare the problem.The answer is Us.
Us backs Californians who run for office, govern, and step aside. Every candidate we support has signed the Pledge for a New Public Service.
After 10 years in elected office, I will never run again.
Always running. Rarely serving.
Being an elected official should not be a lifetime appointment. But our positions of public trust are now occupied by career politicians who prioritize keeping their job over doing their job. Solving our state's problems means making "serve and step aside" the rule, not the exception.
120
Members of Congress are 70+, a record
Source · New York Times, "The Age Issue" (2025).20 years
Average tenure in public office for a CA statewide elected official
Source · Public Records.1 in 4
House members from CA are 70+
Source · unitedstates.github.io, a public domain project (2026).
Win. Govern. Step aside.
Us backs candidates who agree to a lifetime limit on their years in elected office. No more entitlement. No more endless job-hopping. No more out-of-touch politicians. We help everyday people win, do good, and go home.
Pledge
Sign it before anything else: if you are lucky enough to serve, you will cap your time in elected office. No career politicians.
Run
File the paperwork, build your team, and launch your campaign. You run your own race, focused on your voters.
Apply
Apply to be backed by Us. We target races based on the seat and the moment. Then our members decide the endorsement.
Win
Us independently campaigns to elect our endorsed candidates. We fund the campaign entirely by member dues.
Govern.
Stay focused. Serve the public. Make lives better. Then honor your pledge and return to live in the world you helped shape.
A campaign that respects you.
Member dues allow us to promise a political operation that never spams you, manipulates you, or sells your data. Your dues fund:
Persuading neighbors
We share our endorsed candidates' stories and visions directly with voters, through digital marketing, direct mail, events, and face-to-face conversations.
Getting out the vote
We organize virtual and in-person canvassing events — with a level of sophistication usually reserved for larger campaigns — to help our candidates win.
Helping winners govern
Members can propose, discuss, and refine ideas for elected officials to choose from. A volunteer think tank to help officials make the most of their time in office.
Staying present in the community
We engage voters year-round with outreach, surveys, news, and events. We help people come together to solve problems. We believe trust is earned, not owed.
A politics that serves voters, not politicians.
A party's voters are its customers. Today's political establishment is anti-customer: they engage on their schedule (fundraising deadlines), about their agenda (raising money). Us gives members tools to come together and make progress on their priorities, every day.
- IdeasLive now
Create and support ideas to make your community better, and then get them done.
- GatheringsComing Soon
- SolidarityComing Soon
“In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns. For the former therefore to return among the latter was not to degrade but to promote them.”Benjamin Franklin · Constitutional Convention, July 26, 1787
Membership-supported, clean by design.
We do not accept money from corporations, interest groups, shell organizations, or foreign nationals. We are funded by our members, and each member has an equal voice and vote.
- Clear, transparent member dues and benefits.
- No VIPs, no backroom deals, no special treatment.
- An organization that members, candidates, and voters can be proud of.
Run by us. Funded by us. Built for us.
Become a memberCalifornians building a new public service.