About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to end homelessness in America’s Golden State which produces over $700 billion in housing equity. The housing sector of California’s economy is bigger than the entire economy of Argentina, and rivals the economy of Switzerland. That’s not our state’s economy as a whole, that’s just our housing sector. For us, as Californians, to have a homelessness crisis is criminal negligence, and as a group of people who love our state, and our nation, we aim to end this criminality. No more homeliness, Micro Units Now!
Our solution is simple – build micro units. You can check out MUN! for numbers and data, or check out the for Renters section to see our plans for micro units. We are a diverse group of individuals who excel at what we do. This story isn’t about just us, it’s about all of us as Angelinos, as Californians, as Americans. We want you to join us and lead the change. Now it’s time to say a few words about our key players.
Who We Are
Ilya has a wealth of research experience, including degrees from UC Irvine, UCLA, and even finishing a travel-study program at Cambridge. He worked for clients including Warner Brothers Television, as part of ZEFR, Samsung, as part of PMK-BNC, Toyota, as part of Saatchi & Saatchi, and AT&T, as part of KERN.
He led an innovation program in neuro marketing, managed a giant apartment property with over a hundred renters, and even mapped out the venues for the 2028 Olympics. He loves traveling and has been all over Europe, including Ireland, the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, the Vatican, Greece, Czechia, Slovakia, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia, the latter three before 2014. He’s a proud California homeowner and wants all Californians to have said privilege. He’s also known for dunking friends and dates into his pool.
Bertran has over a decade of experience working for various political organizations either as a voter outreach coordinator, campaign consultant, or campaign manager throughout Los Angeles county. He primarily worked for local level campaigns (such as city council and mayoral races), congressional campaigns, and state focused political action committees. His core duties typically included voter data extraction (utilizing L2 voter data), political sms marketing set-up and implementation (utilizing Twilio sms messaging), door-to-door canvasing, and phone banking.