Transportation Justice

By Guillermo Mayer – When the Chauvin verdict was announced on Tuesday, my immediate thoughts were with the family of George Floyd whose members have carried an unspeakable burden for the [...]

November 23, 2020 – Will Houston of the Marin Independent Journal reports on a call by nearly 60 labor unions and supporters that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) postpone [...]

Oct. 19, 2020 – San Francisco Business Times reporter Laura Waxmann reports on a decision by the Executive Board of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) which is considering a [...]

April 22, 2020 – Melanie Curry of StreetsBlog SF reports on the meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission  which today failed to set aside funds for worker and rider protections [...]

March 23, 2018 – Zelda Bronstein of the Daily Berkeley Planet writes about the BART board’s vote of conditional support for SB 827. Senior Staff Attorney David Zisser is mentioned in [...]

For Immediate Release January 5, 2018 Civil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Call on HUD to Maintain a Critical Fair Housing Tool and Not to Roll Back the Promise of the [...]

August 31, 2017 – In an op-ed in The San Francisco Examiner, President and CEO Guillermo Mayer blasts President Donald Trump for pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio. To read the op-ed, click here.

August 22, 2017 – Jean Tepperman of Oakland Magazine writes about the recent victory by community activists to incorporate equity guidelines in Plan Bay Area. It was a stunning turnaround, [...]

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 27, 2017   CONTACT: Isabel Alegría, 510- 541-5428,  ialegria@publicadvocates.org or David Zisser, 415-828-8722, dzisser@publicadvocates.org   [...]

Commissioner Jones Follow Up Letter 5-24-17 Communities seek full and public investigation of racial discrimination in auto insurance. Insurance redlining is a longstanding civil rights issue, [...]