Richard Marcantonio

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Originally published in December of 2013 See Part 2 of this blog By Richard Marcantonio I’ve been asked more than once why, as a civil rights lawyer, I spend so much time working with community [...]

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 [...]

February 16, 2015 By Richard Marcantoni0 When the 6 Wins Network persuaded the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to study our “Equity, Environment and Jobs” scenario as an alternative to [...]

January 22, 2015 By Richard Marcantonio and David Zisser It’s time to develop the next iteration of Plan Bay Area. Regional planning is an important arena for long-range thinking, planning and [...]

November 24, 2014 By Richard Marcantonio Among its other important roles, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is charged with overseeing the local transportation agencies within its [...]

July 18, 2014 By Richard Marcantonio A key element cutting across our work is ensuring that community investments address the high priority needs of disadvantaged communities, and that the [...]

April 10, 2014 By Richard Marcantonio For a decade now, we’ve been working to eliminate disparities in public transit. We took our lead from low-income bus riders in the Bay Area, who [...]