Resources

April 20, 2020 – Jill Tucker of the San Francisco Chronicle covers the debate on how to grade students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are debating whether to move to pass/fail [...]

April 10, 2020 – The Voices: River City podcast interviewed our Policy Advocate Michelle Pariset. The interview focused on who is standing up for renters in the Capitol as well as what [...]

April 3, 2020 – Laura Wenus of SF Public Press writes about the looming crisis facing renters and landlords. Our Policy Advocate Michelle Pariset is quoted in the article: “I can’t imagine [...]

With rent due for millions of people in California, the patchwork of protections can be confusing. See these overviews of various protections now in place at the federal level, in English and [...]

From Western Center on Law & Poverty, Disability Rights California and California Rural Legal Assistance Updated Analysis of CA Gov Eviction Executive Order  

March 28, 2020 – Roger Galbraith of Truthout writes about the appointment of two Wall Street insiders to lead the economic recovery for the State of New York. Public Advocates’ 2018 [...]

Nitasha Tiku of the Washington Post reports that the construction of mansions and other luxury housing is continuing in the S.F. Bay Area despite the shelter in place order intended to slow the [...]

March 25, 2020 – Laura Waxmann of the SF Business Times covers Supervisor Walton’s push to provide relief to vulnerable families impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Policy Advocate [...]