Williams v. City of Antioch
Case Date: July 11, 2007 In July 2007, in partnership with Bay Area Legal Aid, we launched an investigation to determine whether the Antioch Police Department was unlawfully targeting [...]
Marin County Housing Action Initiative
Issue: Affordable Housing Topic: Fair Housing Rights Background Local governments that receive certain funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are required to [...]
Oakland Housing and Community Benefits
For more than a decade, Public Advocates has worked in partnership with community groups in Oakland to win investment and development that meets the needs of the city’s low income residents and [...]
Concord Naval Weapons Station
Building a Model Community for the 21st Century Thanks to the work of the Community Coalition for a Sustainable Concord, of which Public Advocates is a core member, equitable smart growth is [...]
PA-ACLU Comments to State Board of Education Regarding LCAP Issues & Recommendations
PA and the ACLU of California submitted this comment letter to the State Board of Education summarizing key findings based on the organizations’ review of LCAPs as well as recommendations to [...]
WCCUSD Parents file complaint to suspend spending by district in violation of state law
Project: California’s New School Finance Law: Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Date: March 28, 2016 Parents from the West Contra Costa Schools District filed a complaint today to [...]
Cap and Trade Revenues under AB 32 and SB 535
State Climate Policy Public Advocates is working to boost funding for clean air programs in low-income communities throughout California that suffer disproportionately from the causes and effects [...]
Williams V. California
On May 17, 2000 — the 46th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education — the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Advocates, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and other [...]
