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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 letter is to the Contra Costa Transportation Agency concerning its sales tax measure. Public Advocates Letter to CCTA re Sales Tax 4-1-16

This is the 2012 Report Card on Plan Bay Area issued by the 6 Wins Coalition rtp_scs_report_card_6_wins_network_may_2012

Public Advocates and the ACLU of Northern California submitted these comments on the Facebook Campus Expansion Draft Environmental Impact Report. Public Advocates and the ACLU of Northern [...]

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging LA Unified School District’s plans for spending state funds meant to provide new or improved services to high-need students have filed a legal request with [...]

Richard Marcantonio and Alex Karner co-authored this article for Progressive Planning Magazine, Winter 2016 edition. PPM_W2016_Social Equity In Transp Planning_MarcantonioKarner

Fair Housing Framework for San Francisco’s Mission District

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) law of 2013 fundamentally changed public school financing in California. Among other things, in order to provide greater transparency to local communities [...]

For Immediate Release July 11, 2016 Contact: Isabel Alegria, Public Advocates, ialegria@publicadvocates.org, 510.541.5428 Alexandra Patchen, Covington & Burling LLP, apatchen@cov.com, [...]

Urban Habitat vs. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Issue: Transportation Justice Topic: Community & State Campaigns Case Date: March 7, 2014 BACKGROUNDThe legislation that created the [...]