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March 29, 2023 – CalMatters’ Lynn La covers the debate over Senate Bill 31. The bill would ban people from sitting, lying or sleeping within 1,000 feet of a school, daycare, park or [...]

March 24, 2023 – USA Today’s Terry Collins covers the LAUSD teachers’ strike. Managing Attorney John Affeldt is featured in the story: Although California has moved up in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2023 Contact: Sumeet Bal, Director of Communication, sbal@publicadvocates.org, 917.647.1952   Civil Rights Report Details Improvements Needed to CA School [...]

March 11, 2023 – Adelante Valle covers the introduction of AB 567, a bill sponsored by Public Advocates that would increase protections for tenants. Read the article.

March 9, 2023 – Sara Hossaini of KQED writes about AB 919 which would give tenants the first right of refusal to buy their buildings. Public Advocates is sponsoring AB 919. Read the article.

March 6, 2023 – Senior Staff Attorney Shilpa Ram is interviewed about the LCAP and the school funding process on the Jovenes Activos podcast produced by Somos Mayfair. Listen to the podcast [...]

March 5, 2023 – Allyson Aleksey of the San Francisco Examiner writes about the possible teacher sickout at Marina Middle School. The article mentions Public Advocates, and our recent legal [...]

February 23, 2023 – Allyson Aleksey of the San Francisco Examiner covers a recent protest by San Francisco teachers over payroll system problems, staffing shortages, and low wages. Public [...]

February 13, 2023 – Public Advocates President and CEO Guillermo Mayer and Christopher Nellum, executive director of The Education Trust-West, co-authored an op-ed on the importance of [...]

February 7, 2023 – KPFA’s Upfront program interviewed Managing Attorney Sam Tepperman-Gelfant on Housing Element plans submitted by cities across California. Listen to the interview. [...]