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
After the Ghostship Fire: PA’s Sam Tepperman-Gelfant Discusses Affordable Housing
January 25, 2017 – Public Advocates deputy managing attorney Samuel Tepperman-Gelfant was on KAWL to discuss the affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area. He also shares how community [...]
Uber, Lyft take big cut out of BART’s Oakland airport connector business
January 17, 2017 – Gas and Electricity Magazine explores the problems that ride-sharing services have created for the Oakland Airport-BART Connector. The Connector, long criticized as a [...]
‘Stealth inequities’: How Washington’s education system hurts poor schools
January 13, 2017 – Seattle Times reporter Claudia Rowe explores how Washington policy makers are travelling to California to learn about education funding formulas. Washington is currently [...]
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 [...]
LAUSD Schools Face Bankruptcy While Charters Cheat on Admissions
Carl Peterson details how charter schools in Los Angeles are screening out students based on national origin, special needs, housing status, and achievement level. The article also details how [...]
What Does Planning Have to do with Civil Rights and Income Inequality Part 1 – December 2013
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 [...]
