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Each parent should be able to find out how much their child’s school spends per student compared to other schools. In 2005, Public Advocates helped make this a reality by co-sponsoring Senate [...]

One in four California public school students is an English Language Learner—a student who does not understand or communicate well enough in English to enable him or her to meaningfully [...]

Strengthening Student Voices Public Advocates is a founding member of the Campaign for Quality Education (CQE), a statewide alliance of 25 grassroots organizations dedicated to ensuring that all [...]

Menlo Park Agrees to Welcome 1,000 Units of Affordable Housing In 2012, Public Advocates successfully negotiated with the Menlo Park City Council to meet the city’s share of the region’s [...]

With our coalition partners Pittsburg Better Together, ACORN, Contra Costa FaithWorks! and the California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Advocates made real progress in the fight for [...]

Alameda Ends 39-Year Ban on Apartment Buildings Public Advocates and our allies played a key role in the city of Alameda’s July 2012 decision to lift a 39-year ban on multifamily housing [...]

Case Date: July 11, 2007 In July 2007, in partnership with Bay Area Legal Aid, we launched an investigation to determine whether the Antioch Police Department was unlawfully targeting [...]

Issue: Affordable Housing Topic: Fair Housing Rights Background Local governments that receive certain funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are required to [...]

For more than a decade, Public Advocates has worked in partnership with community groups in Oakland to win investment and development that meets the needs of the city’s low income residents and [...]