Fair housing law prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, national origin, disability status, and other protected characteristics. The 1968 Fair Housing Act also includes a [...]
September 30, 2018: AB 686 has been signed by Governor Brown and will become law on January 1, 2019! Thank you Governor Brown and Assemblymember Miguel Santiago for supporting this visionary fair [...]
February 7, 2017 – Cecily O’Connor, of the Bay Area Monitor, describes the impact that Plan Bay Area will have on our region. Plan Bay Area will decide how $300 billion in [...]
February 6, 2017 – Susan Ferriss of the Center for Public Integrity spotlights the extraordinary effect that the Local Control Funding Formula (LCCF) is having on education in California. [...]
February 1, 2017 – The New Republic’s Graham Vyse explores how the issue of charter schools is dividing the civil rights movement. Organizations like the NAACP have called for a [...]
January 25, 2017 – Public Advocates deputy managing attorney Samuel Tepperman-Gelfant was on KAWL to discuss the affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area. He also shares how community [...]
January 17, 2017 – Gas and Electricity Magazine explores the problems that ride-sharing services have created for the Oakland Airport-BART Connector. The Connector, long criticized as a [...]
January 13, 2017 – Seattle Times reporter Claudia Rowe explores how Washington policy makers are travelling to California to learn about education funding formulas. Washington is currently [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2017 Contact: Isabel Alegría, 415-431-7434, ialegria@publicadvocates.org On Tuesday of this week, Governor Jerry Brown released his state budget proposal [...]