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Sacramento – Facing staunch coalition opposition, CA Assembly Member Jim Cooper has pulled AB 165 from consideration by the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. More than 60 [...]

By Richard Marcantonio, Managing Attorney Public Advocates. SB 1 (Beall) won two-thirds approval and went to the Governor’s desk late Thursday night. What does this multi-billion dollar a year [...]

April 5, 2017 – Jason Ruiz of the Long Beach Post reports on the complaint filed by Public Advocates against the Long Beach Unified School District. The complaint states that the district [...]

April 5, 2017 – Howard Blume of the Los Angeles Times reports on the complaint that Public Advocates filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. The district has misspent more [...]

April 4, 2017 – John Fensterwald of EdSource reports on the complaint that Public Advocates has filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. Senior staff attorney Angelica Jongco [...]

April 4, 2017 – Reporter Kriston Capps of CITYLAB from the Atlantic interviews Guillermo Mayer about CarsonWatch.org, the new effort to keep tabs on HUD policies under Trump and HUD Secty. [...]

The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is violating state law by misallocating more than $40 million of state education funding that is specifically designed to increase or improve [...]

April 4, 2017 – David Downey of the Press-Telegram reports on the complaint that Public Advocates has filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. Senior Staff Attorney Angelica [...]

April 4, 2017 – Kyle Stokes of 89.3 KPCC reports on the complaint filed by Public Advocates against the Long Beach Unified School District. The complaint states that the district has [...]

March 31, 2017 – Sam Felsing of The Oakland Conduit reports on the East Bay Residents for Responsible Development (EBRRD) poll that evaluated the top concerns of Oakland residents. They [...]