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February 6, 2020 – Laura Wenus of the SF Public Press writes about how city and state leaders are implementing AB 686, a bill passed in 2018 that calls for jurisdictions to proactively [...]

January 31, 2020 – Emily Deruy of the Mercury News writes about how city and state leaders are implementing AB 686, a bill passed in 2018 that calls for jurisdictions to proactively combat [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 30, 2020 Contact: Anya Lawler, (916) 798-2968, alawler@wclp.org Mariana Huerta Jones, (323) 747-0699, mhuerta@allianceforcommunitytransit.org Statement [...]

January 27, 2020 – Lee Romney of KALW covers the increases in education spending in Governor Newsom’s 2020 budget. Managing Attorney John Affeldt is interviewed. Click here to listen.

January 17, 2020 – Amy Schur wrote a story in the San Francisco Bay View highlighting a new online tool that helps tenants understand new protections under the Tenant Protection Act. Amy is [...]

January 15, 2020 – EdSource asked more than 40 education leaders — from John Affeldt to Edgar Zazueta — representing all segments of California’s education system to comment on Governor [...]

January 13, 2020 – Theresa Harrington of EdSource writes about the proposed $50 million budget cut facing the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Public Advocates is part of a [...]

January 10, 2020 – John Fensterwald of EdSource reports on the education spending priorities in Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget, released on Friday. Public [...]

STATEMENT January 10, 2020 Contact: Duc Luu, Communications Manager, 857-373-9118, dluu@publicadvocates.org Michelle Pariset, Policy Advocate, 916-716-1484, mpariset@publicadvocates.org   [...]

STATEMENT January 10, 2020 Contact: Duc Luu, Communications Manager, 857-373-9118, dluu@publicadvocates.org John Affeldt, Managing Attorney, 415-625-8474 (office), jaffeldt@publicadvocates.org [...]