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April 29, 2022 – John Affeldt, managing attorney with Public Advocates, was quoted in EdSource in a story about California giving schools billions of dollars more in unrestricted funding.  [...]

April 26, 2022 –  Andrés Ramos is quoted in a report by Karma Dickerson and Jose Fabian on a call by affordable housing advocates for California’s projected $50B budget surplus to be [...]

April 26, 2022 – Jetaun Stevens, senior staff attorney with Public Advocates, was quoted in Diverse: Higher Education in a story about rethinking remedial courses at California community [...]

April 18, 2022 – John Affeldt, managing attorney with Public Advocates, was quoted in the Modesto Bee in a story about housing and education.  “Ideally, a school district and city [...]

February 3, 2022 – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Public Advocates, The Oakland Post News Group published this article on the NNPA website. NNPA is the trade association for [...]

January 14, 2022 – EdSource asked observers, advocates, students and legislators to initiate the discussion with their first take on the governor’s budget for 2022-23. The article includes [...]

January 10, 2022 Statement on Education Funding in Governor Newsom’s Budget Statement by Director of Education Equity John Affeldt on K-12 Budget: This budget proposal rightly builds on and [...]

December 15, 2021 – Fred Alvarez, a member and former Chair of the Public Advocates Board of Governors, is profiled by John Roemer in Stanford Lawyer. Alvarez is an employment law expert [...]

December 6, 2021 – The Desert Sun’s Jonathan Horwitz covers implementation of AB 705 at College of the Desert. The article mentions Public Advocates’ petition with the [...]

November 17, 2021 – Senior Staff Attorney Jetaun Stevens has an opinion piece in EdSource that calls out community colleges for their failure to fully implement AB 705. Click here to read [...]