Bay EvidenceInvestigative research · Bay Area public systemsFind the record. Test the claim. Know what is held about you.
Public beta · Reviewed 15 Aug 2026One institute. Six connected projects.
CTI develops public research infrastructure, citizen self-audit tools, and document-led accountability projects. Each project has a defined purpose, workflow, privacy posture, limitations, and development path.
Bay Evidence
The operating nine-county research observatory for housing instability, homelessness, displacement, public spending, service systems, and institutional accountability.
Open Records Workbench
A browser-local request builder, deadline guide, response ledger, appeal kit, and records-production workflow for California and federal requests.
Citizen Data Audit
A structured self-audit of credit, tenant, employment, banking, insurance, criminal-history, utility, identity, income, and government files.
Open-Source Verification Lab
A reproducible method for defining claims, resolving entities, preserving public material, corroborating findings, testing contrary evidence, and publishing qualified conclusions.
Accountability Casebook
A case-file architecture connecting claim, appropriation, contract, vendor, capacity, output, outcome, audit, contradiction, correction, and unresolved question.
Oakland Public Assets & Contracts File
A document-led research file for Oakland procurement, grants, real-property transfers, public-private agreements, the Coliseum disposition, and continuing fiscal responsibility.