Jesse Zwick

Jesse Zwick is the Southern California Director of the Housing Action Coalition, a statewide housing organization that channels the energy and experience of the housing industry into effective policy that helps build more housing at all. Prior to joining HAC in September 2025, he worked as a public policy and communications strategist on multiple Los Angeles-area electoral and issue advocacy campaigns, as well as in the offices of Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nithya Raman and Mike Bonin. He was a founding member of SELAH, a neighborhood homeless services nonprofit, which inspired his journey into all things housing and land use-related. Before that, he worked as a journalist in Washington DC and wrote for film and television in Hollywood. He lives with his wife and two kids in Santa Monica, where he also serves as a member of the city council.