Inside Airbnb's Plan to Build a Grassroots Political Movement

The future of Airbnb's political strategy rests on the shoulders of men like Peter Kwan.

A retired law professor who lives in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, Kwan founded what one Airbnb insider called the “Adam and Eve” of home-sharing clubs, organizing fellow hosts to go door-knocking during political battles and on whitewater rafting trips in the off-season.