Facebook's neighbors are losing their homes. What's being done about it?
by Sam Levin in Menlo Park, California from Technology | The Guardian on (#1MYCC)
As the company prepares to bring thousands of new workers to its Menlo Park campus, advocates say it must do more to help lower-income local residents
The first time Tameeka Bennett had to drive two hours in traffic to get to her job in East Palo Alto, she broke down in tears in her car. It was October 2014, and Bennett, 29, had never imagined she would have to move away from the Silicon Valley city where she grew up, which is one of the least affluent communities in the region.
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