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    Funding Local Transit Service

    Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area labor groups seek $100M to prevent transit layoffs

    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 [...]

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    Regional Agencies Commit to Addressing Bay Area Housing Crisis through Regional Action Plan

    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   [...]

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     California’s $5.2 billion transportation funding bill, in perspective

    California’s $5.2 billion transportation funding bill, in perspective

    By Richard Marcantonio, Managing Attorney Public Advocates. SB 1 (Beall) won two-thirds approval and went to the Governor’s desk late Thursday night. What does this multi-billion dollar a year [...]

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    35 Organizations Sign Mass Transit Support Letter to California Lawmakers

    Read the letter in its entirety here: Coalition Letter to Lawmakers on Mass Transit Funding

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    Public Advocates Statement on Governor Brown’s Proposed Budget for 2017-18

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2017 Contact: Isabel Alegría, 415-431-7434, ialegria@publicadvocates.org   On Tuesday of this week, Governor Jerry Brown released his state budget proposal [...]

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    BART’s Oakland Airport Connector losing money; Uber, Lyft to blame?

    San Jose Mercury News reporter Erin Baldassari on why BART’s Oakland Airport Connector is losing money 2 years after it began operating. Public Advocates is mentioned in the article as [...]

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    Equity, Environment and Jobs Scenario Leads the Plan Bay Area Pack

    It’s official! Our Equity, Environment and Jobs Scenario for the Bay Area’s future is the “environmentally superior alternative,” performing better than four other alternative plans on a broad [...]

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    Accountable and inclusive decision making at county wide transportation agencies

    In the Bay Area, countywide transportation agencies wield significant power over the use of billions of dollars in transportation funding. These “Congestion Management Agencies,” or CMAs, have [...]

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