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As the company prepares to bring thousands of new workers to its Menlo Park campus, the Guardian’s Sam Levin reports that advocates say Facebook must do more to help lower-income local [...]

By  Sam Tepperman-Gelfant July 20, 2016 Facebook’s corporate mission is to create community online, but the Menlo Park-based company is not always a good neighbor in the real world. Its [...]

This is a comment letter on the Facebook Campus Expansion DEIR. BennerKarner_FacebookDEIR_Comments

Background In September 2009, Public Advocates filed a successful civil rights and Environmental Justice administrative complaint with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on behalf of our [...]

Background In November 2010, Public Advocates assisted the Bus Riders Union in preparing a Title VI administrative complaint against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [...]

John Affeldt, of the nonprofit law firm Public Advocates, has been critical of accountability aspects that are too focused on test scores and said the measures being discussed now in California [...]

By  Angelica Jongco     With Public Advocates’ support, parents and students won key victories in the past month aimed at keeping the promise of the landmark school funding reform, the Local [...]

For over a week, all of us at Public Advocates have mourned and grieved for our LGBTQI brothers and sisters who lost their lives at The Pulse on June 12 and for the many injured survivors and [...]

Issue: Education Topic: School Finance Date: June 20, 2016 File: s234901_apr_state State’s Answer to CQE/Robles-Wong Plaintiffs’ Petition for Review to the California Supreme Court.

Oakland is home to a diverse mix of people, cultures, and experiences that make it special. But because others recognize its unique qualities, and because of its proximity to San Francisco, [...]