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Civic infrastructure for local communities

Understand what’s shaping your community.

Follow the local civic ecosystem — public decisions, organizations, issues, meetings, and community activity — all in one place.

Live now for Santa Clara County, San Francisco, San Mateo County, and Alameda County.

Built to make local civic decisions more transparent and accessible.

Understand how local issues move.

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Continuity for regular civic work

CivicCause Workspace

For people who follow civic activity continuously — organizations, advocates, journalists, campaigns, researchers, and highly engaged community members — CivicCause Workspace provides operational tools for monitoring issues, tracking activity, organizing watch scopes, and staying informed over time.

Free CivicCause helps anyone understand and follow what is happening. Workspace adds continuity and operational awareness for people who need to keep watching.

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Choose how you want to use CivicCause

Start as a resident, an organization, or simply explore what’s happening in local government.

For residents
Track local issues, understand public meetings, and learn where your voice can matter.
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For organizations
Manage your profile, connect your work to causes and issues, and reach people already paying attention.
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Browse live CivicCause Bay Area coverage across Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Alameda.
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What CivicCause is

Meetings
Track public meetings, agendas, and decisions that shape local policy.
Issues & Causes
Follow issues over time so you can see movement, not just headlines.
Leaders & Organizations
Understand who is involved, what they are saying, and where influence is concentrated.
Plain-language context
Use summaries and source links to quickly understand what matters to residents.

How to use it

  1. Choose your county or city civic network.
  2. Track the issues, meetings, and public bodies you care about.
  3. Use summaries and source links to understand where your voice matters.

Live Coverage

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County coverage
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Santa Clara County
15 live cities
The established CivicCause launch region, with broad county, city, budget, meeting, and regional-agency coverage.
Includes countywide coverage plus live city networks across Santa Clara County.
County coverage
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San Francisco
1 city/county
City/county coverage for San Francisco, including the Board of Supervisors, budget, news, and civic updates.
Consolidated city/county network.
County coverage
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San Mateo County
20 live cities
Complete city-level coverage across all 17 San Mateo County municipalities, plus county, transit, budget, meeting, and regional governance coverage.
Includes every San Mateo County municipality from Daly City to Woodside.
County coverage
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Alameda County
13 live cities
Initial East Bay public coverage for Alameda County, including county government, transportation agencies, budgets, meetings, and approved city networks.
Initial coverage includes Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Alameda, and San Leandro.

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