No Liberal Equivalent of the Federalist Society? Please.
January 24, 2019 – Kevin Drum of Mother Jones counters a recent Politico article that claims that there is no “liberal equivalent of the Federalist Society.” In the article, he [...]
ACLU, parents devise new budget method for Pomona Unified, but board delays decision
January 17, 2019 – Liset Márquez of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin covers the Pomona Unified School District’s delay of plans to spend extra dollars carried over in its budget. [...]
Time to bring participatory budgeting to Pomona Unified
January 14, 2019 – Public Advocates was mentioned in a Daily Bulletin op-ed on how the Pomona Unified School District could spend an extra $6.5 million. The op-ed author, Alex Piazza, [...]
School districts will be required to verify they’re fixing California’s lowest-performing schools
Jan 9, 2019 – John Fensterwald of EdSource writes about school districts that will now have to verify how they are improving their low-performing schools. In the story, Managing Attorney [...]
Landmark reforms championed by Gov. Brown leave deep imprint on California education
January 3, 2018 – Louis Freedberg of EdSource examines former Governor Jerry Brown’s far reaching impact on education in California. Managing Attorney John Affeldt is quoted. Click [...]
Perspectives on Gov. Brown’s contributions to education — and what is yet to be done
January 3, 2018 – Managing Attorney John Affeldt is featured in an EdSource article on former Governor Jerry Brown’s legacy on education. Click here to read the article.
‘We’re school shopping for mediocre:’ Richmond’s students and parents try to navigate a ‘broken’ education system
Richmond Confidential details the challenges that students and parents are facing in Richmond public schools. Senior Staff Attorney Rigel Spencer Massaro is quoted in the article. Click here to [...]
Report shows half of charter schools in Richmond have substandard financial accountability and lack parent engagement
Richmond Confidential reporter Boikanyo Tefu reports on charter schools in Richmond, CA that are among those schools found in a report by Public Advocates to have faulty records on expenditures [...]
California’s rent control initiative was crushed in the election. Don’t expect the issue to go away
November 8, 2018 – Liam Dillon of the Los Angeles Times writes about next steps for tenant advocates after Proposition 10 failed to pass. Proposition 10 would have repealed Costa-Hawkins, a [...]
Sacramento rent-control advocates push forward despite statewide Prop. 10 failure
November 7, 2018 – Tony Bizjak of the Sacramento Bee writes about Sacramento’s rent control plans in light of the failure of Proposition 10 at the ballot box. Proposition 10 would [...]
