Housing Element Enforcement and Advocacy – Campaign Update – December 2021
Housing Element Enforcement and Advocacy Campaign Update – December 2021 Over the past two years, Public Advocates and our partners engaged in intensive advocacy to ensure that the Regional [...]
EdSource: Poorer students still get the least qualified teachers, but California has made progress
August 4, 2022 – An article in EdSource by Diana Lambert, John Fensterwald, and Daniel J. Willis about newly released state data on teacher quality mentions the work of Public Advocates and [...]
Lo que resalta del Presupuesto Estatal 2022-23: Grandes inversiones en la educación durante el próximo año escolar
For the English-language version of this blog post, click here. Lo que resalta del Presupuesto Estatal 2022-23: Grandes inversiones en la educación durante el próximo año escolar California [...]
Highlights from the State Budget: What to Expect for the 2022-2023 School Year
Para español, favor de hacer clic aquí. Highlights from the State Budget: What to Expect for the 2022-2023 School Year California recently passed the final state budget for 2022-2023, which [...]
EdSource: Legislature disagrees with Newsom about how to spend additional billions for education
June 3, 2022 – Public Advocates’ John Affeldt, Managing Attorney, is quoted in an article by John Fensterwald of EdSource about disagreements emerging between state legislators and [...]
Housing Element Advocacy Toolkits
Housing Element Advocacy Toolkits Bay Area cities and counties are required to update their local housing action plans – the “Housing Element” – by January 2023. These plans must identify land [...]
EdSource: Post Covid CA state budget with record spending on education heads to Governor Newsom
June 29, 2021 – EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on the $236 billion 2021-22 budget bill now headed to Governor Newson’s desk. The budget reflects an unprecedented investment [...]
Long Beach Post Voices: LCAP and what it means for high-needs LBUSD students
June 23, 2021 – Mariela Salgado of Long Beach Post Voices in a live chat with Nicole Ochi, senior attorney of education equity at Public Advocates, and Angelica Salazar, director of [...]