Our Work

Background On June 10, 2010, in a follow-up to our work on the Oakland Airport Connector, we filed an administrative Title VI complaint with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) against the [...]

Issue: Transportation Justice Topic: National Campaigns Case Date: February 1, 2009 Background In February 2009, Public Advocates joined civil rights and environmental justice groups across the [...]

Issue: Education Topic: Teacher Quality Case Date: August 23, 2007 Background In August 2007, Public Advocates and Goodwin Procter, representing Californians for Justice, California ACORN and [...]

Issue: Education Topic: School Finance Case Date: November 1, 2006 Public Advocates is also a member of Parents and Students for Great Schools (PSGS), a coalition composed of CFJ, PICO California [...]

Issue: Education Topic: Access to Higher Education Case Date: March 1, 2006 Background Public Advocates helped draft, analyze, and now advocate for proposed U.S. Department of Education student [...]

Background On April 19, 2005, Public Advocates and a coalition including bus riders, labor, and civil rights advocates filed a federal class action lawsuit against the Bay Area’s Metropolitan [...]

Issue: Education Topic: Teacher Quality Status: Inactive Project Date: August 1, 2005 Background In August 2005, Public Advocates, representing the Californians for Justice Education Fund, filed [...]

School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) are documents describing a school’s enrollment, learning conditions (e.g., teacher and facility quality) and academic performance. SARCs, which [...]

Issue: Education Topic: More Education Work Status: Inactive Project Date: January 1, 1999   Background Since 1999, when the Legislature enacted the legislation on the California High School [...]