Our Work

Background  Public Advocates is one of the creators and leading members of the 6 Wins for Social Equity Network, a bold group of strategic allies from social justice, faith, public health and [...]

Issue: Education Topic: School-based Health Status: Inactive Background One of the most important accountability tools created by the landmark Williams v. California settlement was a process [...]

Local Advocacy In 2008, Public Advocates learned of a troubling practice taking place within San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) school lunch program. The district was in essence [...]

Each parent should be able to find out how much their child’s school spends per student compared to other schools. In 2005, Public Advocates helped make this a reality by co-sponsoring Senate [...]

One in four California public school students is an English Language Learner—a student who does not understand or communicate well enough in English to enable him or her to meaningfully [...]

Strengthening Student Voices Public Advocates is a founding member of the Campaign for Quality Education (CQE), a statewide alliance of 25 grassroots organizations dedicated to ensuring that all [...]

Menlo Park Agrees to Welcome 1,000 Units of Affordable Housing In 2012, Public Advocates successfully negotiated with the Menlo Park City Council to meet the city’s share of the region’s [...]

With our coalition partners Pittsburg Better Together, ACORN, Contra Costa FaithWorks! and the California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Advocates made real progress in the fight for [...]

Alameda Ends 39-Year Ban on Apartment Buildings Public Advocates and our allies played a key role in the city of Alameda’s July 2012 decision to lift a 39-year ban on multifamily housing [...]