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October 15, 2024—Richmondside reporter Natalie Hanson speaks with Managing Attorney John Affeldt and Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza on a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge’s ruling [...]

October 14, 2024—LA Times reporter Howard Blume spoke with Managing Attorney John Affeldt about the Los Angeles Unified School District’s decision to overhaul the $120 million Black Student [...]

October 12, 2024—Reporter Soren Hemmila spoke with Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza about the Contra Costa County Superior Court’s decision regarding the lawsuit Public Advocates filed on [...]

October 9, 2024—Guest commentator Jen Byers speaks with Managing Attorney John Affeldt and demand letter complainant Gary Hardie, Jr. regarding the inequities in California’s current system [...]

October 1, 2024—Richmondside reporter Natalie Hanson spoke with Public Advocates’ Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza regarding the recent resignation of West Contra Costa Unified School [...]

September 2024—Managing Attorney Richard Marcantonio writes (with Alex Lantsberg, research and advocacy director for the SF Electrical Construction Industry) “Keeping Transit on Track: A [...]

September 24, 2024—Patch Editor Chris Lindahl breaks down the school facilities modernization bond on the November California ballot, highlighting issues raised by partners such as Lynwood [...]

September 18, 2024—Cal Matters reporter Briana Mendez-Padilla spoke with Public Advocates’ Senior Staff Attorney Jetaun Stevens about the struggle community college students face accessing [...]

August 26, 2024—Washington Monthly contributing editor, senior fellow at Georgetown’s FutureEd and author of Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education spoke with [...]

August 22, 2024—Ed Source reporter Monica Velez spoke with Public Advocates’ Law Fellow Karissa Provenza about PA’s historic, recently filed lawsuit—with co counsel Munger, Tolles & [...]