Saki Bailey is the Executive Director of the SFCLT. Saki has fifteen years of experience in nonprofit management and program development roles, as well as, in facilitation, teaching and training. Saki holds a J.D. and a PhD in law and legal theory, her research focused on the legal regulation around CLTs, Co-op formation, and incorporation. She is a published author on real estate law, property law, community land trusts, and the commons with three books and several articles published by both academic and non-academics publishers and journals translated into multiple languages. Saki is also a licensed attorney and advocates for policies which advance community land trusts and other shared equity housing models. Prior to coming to SFCLT, Saki worked on real estate finance and policy work, and in that capacity developed the City of Berkeley’s first pilot “Small Sites” project, as well as, the first drafted TOPA legislation in the state (tenant opportunity to purchase act)- serving as a template for other TOPA movements in California. Saki currently serves on the Advisory Council of SB555, the state commissioned social housing study, and is a member of the subcommittee of the Community Ownership for Community Power Fund charged with designing financial products for what is expected to be a $100mm fund for community ownership projects across the state.