Public Advocates has no current position on Proposition 2.
Prop 2 would borrow $10 billion to help modernize schools and support construction costs, but maintains a discriminatory system of funding that prioritizes higher wealth students and districts.
A new report exposes how for-profit developers are exploiting a loophole in state law to impose exorbitant rent increases on low-income residents
Public Advocates Files Lawsuit to Address Educator Staffing Concerns in West Contra Costa School District
New Higher Ed Student Housing Resource Guide
PA's Higher Education Equity team speaks with United Way of Greater LA on college student housing insecurity.
New national report on social housing available!
"Building Our Future: Grassroots Reflections on Social Housing" examines a growing movement to create permanently affordable housing that is publicly, collectively or non-profit owned and under community control.

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From waging battles for affordable housing throughout the Bay Area to winning increased opportunities for a quality education in the courts, Public Advocates stays in the news. Here’s the latest…

Lookout Santa Cruz: How will Santa Cruz County school districts be affected, if at all, if Proposition 2 passes?

October 21, 2024—Lookout Santa Cruz’s education reporter Hillary Ojeda explains how Proposition 2, a $10 billion bond on the November California ballot that (if passed) would would provide $8.5 billion for new construction and renovations for K-12 schools and community colleges—and what that means for districts across Santa Cruz. Public Advocates has argued that the funding […]

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The 74: School Choice Questions Dominate November Ballot Propositions

October 21, 2024—The 74 senior writer Linda Jacobson covers education-related propositions on state ballots across the U.S., including California’s Prop 2, a $10 billion bond that (if passed) would provide $8.5 billion for new construction and renovations for K-12 schools and community colleges. But Public Advocates, which focuses on the needs of low-income students, is […]

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Los Angeles Times Editorial: LAUSD should fight for its Black Student Achievement Plan

October 17, 2024—The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board spoke with Managing Attorney John Affeldt in their argument that the Los Angeles Unified School District ‘should have worked harder to’ save the district’s $120 million Black Student Achievement Program after it was targeted and attacked by an east coast-based conservative group. There are grounds to defend […]

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