The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) has been active in San Diego for nearly a decade and was leading the fight for rent control in the election only days ago.
Now the Chula Vista nonprofit is reduced to ashes after investigators say someone deliberately set their office on fire.
"Everything in our office has been totally destroyed,” said Paola Martinez-Montes, the San Diego director for ACCE.
The grassroots community organization has chapters throughout California.
"The heat damage burned through all of our computers, all of our tables, all of our supplies,” said Martinez-Montes.
It happened just before midnight on Friday.
Martinez-Montes said after covering the security camera the suspect, or suspects, kicked in the front door, sprayed the inside with accelerant, then set the building on fire.
Leaders of the nonprofit can't help but feel the attack is linked to their work on recent political campaigns - including a statewide rent control measure that failed.