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Cooperative ownership
Support digital platforms where workers, users, and communities can participate in ownership and decision-making.
A digital economy with public purpose
Digital platforms have changed transportation, delivery, education, commerce, and work. The question is not whether technology will shape the future, but who owns it, who governs it, and who benefits from it.
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Local value creation
Develop digital systems that keep more economic value circulating within Sacramento and the broader region.
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Ethical innovation
Promote technology that is transparent, fair, privacy-conscious, and accountable to the people it affects.
Reachable Future Goal
Community Mobility Cooperative
One ambitious long-term goal is to study and develop a driver-and-rider-centered rideshare platform as a fairer alternative to extractive gig-economy models.
Instead of treating drivers as disposable labor and riders as data points, a cooperative mobility platform could give drivers, riders, and local communities a voice in pricing, policies, data use, and profit distribution.
This is not presented as an existing service. It is a research, coalition-building, and future pilot concept for Sacramento Collaborative’s Digital Economy work.
Corporate platform model
Platform ownership is concentrated among investors and executives. Drivers carry many costs while platform fees and rules are controlled from the top.
Cooperative platform model
Drivers and riders can become members, participate in governance, and help decide how the platform operates and distributes value.
Extractive value flow
Revenue moves away from local workers and communities toward corporate shareholders.
Community value flow
Surplus can support better driver income, lower rider costs, improved service, and local reinvestment.
Focus areas
The Digital Economy section can grow from research and public discussion into practical projects, partnerships, and pilot programs.
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Fair mobility platforms
Explore cooperative rideshare and delivery models that give workers and users a stronger voice.
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Digital skills pathways
Connect students, workers, and community members to practical skills in web tools, data, AI, and platform development.
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Small business technology
Support local entrepreneurs and small businesses in using digital tools without becoming dependent on extractive platforms.
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Development roadmap
A realistic path begins with listening and research before moving toward technical development and pilot implementation.
Research and listening
Interview drivers, riders, students, workers, small businesses, and community organizations to identify real needs and barriers.
Coalition building
Connect with cooperatives, universities, technologists, labor advocates, public agencies, and local entrepreneurs.
Feasibility study
Study legal structure, insurance, public regulation, platform costs, revenue models, and governance options.
Prototype development
Build or adapt open-source tools for a limited pilot, beginning with a narrow use case such as scheduled rides, community transportation, or airport trips.
Pilot and evaluation
Launch carefully, measure driver earnings, rider cost, reliability, safety, satisfaction, and community benefit.
Join the conversation
Sacramento Collaborative welcomes students, drivers, riders, developers, researchers, community organizations, cooperatives, and public-sector partners interested in building a fairer digital economy.
Contact Sacramento Collaborative
contact@sacramentocollaborative.org
contact@sacramentocollaborative.org
Use this section as a starting point for future digital economy initiatives, proposals, and collaborative projects.