George Syrop (he/him) was born & raised in Hayward and has lived on Ohlone Land for most of his life. He helped found the Hayward Community Coalition (HayCoCoa) in 2020, which successfully organized to reform policing, prevent school closures, and improve tenant protections. George was elected to Hayward City Council in 2022, where he fights against displacement as the Council’s only renter. George is committed to developing alternatives to exploitative capitalist structures in his work as the Communications Manager for the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative and as an advisor for both the Eden Community Land Trust and Friends of the Public Bank East Bay.