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Brothers and Sisters, As we absorb the implications of the presidential election, we feel driven to connect with you to express our solidarity and our fierce commitment to fight harder than ever [...]

By Guillermo Mayer   This fall, my wife and I joined millions of families across California in the annual tradition of taking our son to his first day of school. I wish you could have been [...]

By Chelsea Tu The 2015-16 legislative session in Sacramento wrapped up with watershed victories for social and environmental justice. A series of bills, among them one that directs climate [...]

By David Zisser   If it wasn’t clear before, members and allies of the 6 Wins Network, a regional social justice coalition, recently reminded some of the Bay Area’s top decision-makers just [...]

By  Liz Guillen and John Affeldt   Public Advocates continues to play a key leadership role with the LCFF Equity Coalition as we help shape a new public school accountability system for [...]

By  Sam Tepperman-Gelfant July 20, 2016 Facebook’s corporate mission is to create community online, but the Menlo Park-based company is not always a good neighbor in the real world. Its [...]

By  Angelica Jongco     With Public Advocates’ support, parents and students won key victories in the past month aimed at keeping the promise of the landmark school funding reform, the Local [...]

May 25, 2016 By Angelica Jongco California school districts are not providing the level of transparency and accountability promised in exchange for increased spending flexibility under the [...]

By  Michelle Pariset   When Governor Jerry Brown released his revised budget proposal on May 13, he argued that California must build its reserves for a future economic winter. But when it comes [...]

By  Angelica Jongco , Roxanne Hoegger Alejandre   California school districts are not providing the level of transparency and accountability promised in exchange for increased spending [...]