Abundance
Accelerator

Together with a growing network of partners, the Possibility Lab’s Abundance Accelerator is leveraging applied research and community-building to expand California’s capacity to sustainably supply essential resources, goods, and services.

Research Series

People-Centered Policymaking

In a partnership with CalMatters, we explore the trade-offs, perspectives, partnerships, and policies that can help California build fast while also building fair, to ensure access to essential goods and services for all our state’s residents.

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Policy Brief

People-Centered Abundance Framework” to Advance Equity, Accountability, and Public Trust in Policymaking

By the Possibility Lab

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Policy Brief

Opportunities and Pathways to Reform CEQA to Support Housing Development

By Emily Jacobson, Research Associate

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Policy Brief

Achieving the ‘abundance agenda’ in California will require more than just efficiency”

By Amy E. Lerman and Lindsay Maple

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March 6, 2025

Watch the Abundance Accelerator Summit in Sacramento

With Keynote Speakers Senator Scott Wiener, California Forward CEO Kate Gordon, and former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.

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Research

Approaches to Balancing Meaningful Community Engagement With Increased Housing Production in California: A Scoping Paper for the Abundance Accelerator

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Community Engagement for the Siting & Permitting of Renewable Energy Infrastructure in California: A Scoping Paper for the Abundance Accelerator

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AN ABUNDANCE POLICY FRAMEWORK: Expanding the Supply of Essentials in California

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POLLING BRIEF Californians' Experiences Accessing Basic Resources MAY 2024

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Our

Consortium

We invited researchers and experts from across California to develop an evidence-based, fundamentals-first policy agenda for California focusing on expanding access to 12 human essentials.

The Consortium operates within our team’s Abundance framework, which advocates for a shift towards supply-side thinking and community-informed policymaking to address societal challenges. Each member of the Abundance Policy Research Consortium has produced a research paper in their respective essential area, which will be highlighted in an upcoming post as part of the Lab’s series on the CalMatters Knowledge Hub. Each research report analyzes the policy domain’s existing context, identifies root causes of scarcity, proposes policy levers to improve supply, and discusses potential challenges for implementation.

Anna Powell

Childcare Expert

Edward Helderop

Digital Connectivity Expert

Carrie Hahnel

Education Expert

Mireille Jacobson

Eldercare Expert

Anibel Ferus-Comelo

Employment Expert

Keith Taylor

Energy Expert

Anastasia Telesetsky

Food Expert

Healthcare Expert

Employment Expert

Paavo Monkkonen

Housing Expert

Mikaela Rabinowitz

Safety Expert

Juan Matute

Transportation Expert

Nicola Ulibarri

Water Expert

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Abundance

Agenda

Developing an Abundance Agenda for California

There are a vast array of potential policy interventions, at many different levels and sites of government, that align with an abundance framework. Our approach to moving from conceptual framework to policy agenda is to start with fundamental human needs. We believe every Californian should be able to readily access 12 human essentials.