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October 14, 2024—LA Times reporter Howard Blume spoke with Managing Attorney John Affeldt about the Los Angeles Unified School District’s decision to overhaul the $120 million Black Student [...]

October 12, 2024—Reporter Soren Hemmila spoke with Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza about the Contra Costa County Superior Court’s decision regarding the lawsuit Public Advocates filed on [...]

September 18, 2024—Cal Matters reporter Briana Mendez-Padilla spoke with Public Advocates’ Senior Staff Attorney Jetaun Stevens about the struggle community college students face accessing [...]

August 26, 2024—Washington Monthly contributing editor, senior fellow at Georgetown’s FutureEd and author of Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education spoke with [...]

August 22, 2024—Ed Source reporter Monica Velez spoke with Public Advocates’ Law Fellow Karissa Provenza about PA’s historic, recently filed lawsuit—with co counsel Munger, Tolles & [...]

August 21, 2024—KQED housing reporter Vanessa Rancaño spoke with Public Advocates’ Senior Staff Attorney Suzanne Dershowitz about the year long historic renters rights campaign in Salinas, a [...]

Public Advocates has no current position on Proposition 2, a bond measure that would borrow $10 billion to help modernize schools and support construction costs, but maintains a discriminatory [...]

August 1, 2024—Ed Source reporter Monica Vasquez spoke with Public Advocates’ Law Fellow Karissa Provenza and plaintiffs (teachers, staff and parents) suing West Contra Costa Unified School [...]

July 24, 2024—The Richmond Standard reported about the recent closure of Stege Elementary for health and safety hazards—including reports of potential lead and asbestos—and how the disruption may [...]