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…

Streetsblog SF: [Op/Ed] The Bay Area Needs Transit Funding, but Future of Regional Measure Is Unclear

October 16, 2024—San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies face service cuts and budget shortfalls if they do not put a regional measure that will create funding for these agencies on the California 2026 ballot. Despite this impending budget shortfall and service crisis, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) special committee tasked with creating this ballot measure […]

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The Oaklandside: AC Transit’s long-awaited bus plan, assailed by advocates and drivers as racist, is moving forward

October 16, 2024—The Oaklandside’s road safety, transportation, and public health reporter Jose Fermoso spoke to Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice, Laurel Paget-Seekins, on AC Transit’s Realign bus schedule adjustment plan. Transit riders, bus operators, labor allies, and policy advocates have denounced the plan for perpetuating inequities in bus service planning [...]

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Richmondside: Judge won’t make WCCUSD fix staffing, building issues

October 15, 2024—Richmondside reporter Natalie Hanson speaks with Managing Attorney John Affeldt and Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza on a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge’s ruling earlier this month, denying to request the West Contra Costa Unified School District to address staffing and facility issues in schools across the the district. Despite concerns from students, […]

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