Christa is the Associate Director for State Policy and Advocacy at the San Francisco Foundation. She helps the foundation advance policy change at the local, regional, and state levels. Whether that’s helping move forward ballot initiatives to increase affordable housing in the Bay Area, supporting grantees to advance policy change, or lobbying for state bills that advance economic and racial equity that will benefit all. Christa works with foundation staff and community-based and grassroots organizations to move forward structural change.