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    Uber is Moving. Its New Neighbors Are a Little Worried

    Inc. reports that Uber is planning to move its headquarters from San Francisco to Oakland, which has raised some concerns. The article quotes Public Advocates’ managing attorney Richard [...]

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    March 2015 letter regarding Valley Transportation Authority Adoption of VTP 2040

    March 12, 2015 Robert Fabela, Esq. General Counsel Valley Transportation Authority 3331 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 RE: CEQA non-compliance of VTP 2040 Dear Mr. Fabela: On the consent [...]

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    Gap Co-Founder Doris Fisher Is Bankrolling the Charter School Agenda – And Pouring Dark Money Into CA Politics

    Capital & Main’s Joel Warner reports on the funding by Gap co-founder Doris Fisher of charter schools, a system of schools  that has come under fire recently in reports by Public [...]

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     Community Coalition of South Los Angeles and Reyna Frias v. LAUSD

    Community Coalition of South Los Angeles and Reyna Frias v. LAUSD

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    The Right and Wrong Way: Calculating LAUSD’s S&C Funds

    Public Advocates, ACLU of Southern California and Covington & Burling LLP are representing Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parent Reyna Frias and the Community Coalition of South [...]

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    Comments to US Dept of Transportation on Circulars on Title VI & Environmental Justice

    In December of 2011, thirty organizations (national, statewide, and local) and scholars who specialize in social justice issues in transportation submitted comments to the U.S. Department of [...]

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    The Fight to Bring Transparency to California’s Charter Schools

    Joel Warner, of Capital & Main reports on efforts to make charter schools in California more accountable and transparent to the public. He refers to two reports co-authored by Public [...]

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    Gov. Jerry Brown signs package of climate-change bills in Fresno

    Fresno Bee reporter John Ellis on the signing of landmark climate change bills by Governor Brown today in Fresno. Ellis spoke with PA’s Chelsea Tu about benefits to low-income communities [...]

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    Press Release: Governor Brown to Sign Landmark Climate Legislation Today

    For Immediate Release. 091416. Governor Brown to sign landmark climate legislation today in Fresno, California. Governor set to sign AB 1550 (Gomez) which guarantees that going forward, at least [...]

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    Feds say Some Students Went a Decade Without Help Learning English

    Los Angeles Times reporter Howard Blume on state promises to make sure help reaches 1.4 million English language learners in California; the article quotes John Affeldt, Public advocates managing [...]

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