Notable personal detailsOmed Hamid is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 11th Congressional District. He is a San Francisco-based technologist and community advocate who was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and later came to the United States for higher education and professional work. He has described his work as focused on technology and policy-related initiatives, with an emphasis on systems analysis, public accountability, and how institutions affect families and communities. He has also been described as the founder of the crowdsourcing platform Kabulay.