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In his recent Calmatters Commentary, Dan Walters talks about how state education officials and education advocates are grappling with critical issues during the Covid19 pandemic — including [...]

Public Advocates staff attorney Ruby Acevedo is interviewed as part of Spanish Telemundo TV coverage of the impact of the crisis on renters. The interview was broadcast on the 11pm newscast aired [...]

April 22, 2020 – Melanie Curry of StreetsBlog SF reports on the meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission  which today failed to set aside funds for worker and rider protections [...]

EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on an anticipated decision at the state level to allow school districts throughout California to delay the creation of their spending plans known as [...]

April 22, 2020 – EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on an anticipated decision at the state level to allow school districts throughout California to delay the creation of their [...]

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports for LAist on what college students from the California Student High Education Advocacy Round Table are telling top administrators at the state’s community [...]

Does a New Federal Law Protect You From Eviction?

With rent due for millions of people in California, the patchwork of protections can be confusing. See these overviews of various protections now in place at the federal level, in English and [...]

From Western Center on Law & Poverty, Disability Rights California and California Rural Legal Assistance Updated Analysis of CA Gov Eviction Executive Order  

Nitasha Tiku of the Washington Post reports that the construction of mansions and other luxury housing is continuing in the S.F. Bay Area despite the shelter in place order intended to slow the [...]