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In his OpEd featured in EdSource, Public Advocates’ John Affeldt calls on California’s next governor to take bold steps to address the massive educational equity gap threatening the [...]

Tony Bizjak reports for the Sacramento Bee that the city is coming closer to passing rent control with competing proposals. Public Advocates’ Michelle Pariset is quoted. Sacramento [...]

October 24, 2018 – Alison Stateman of Commercial Observer covers the settlement between Optimus Properties and tenants in Koreatown. The original lawsuit alleged that Optimus was pressuring [...]

October 24, 2018 – La Opinión covers the settlement between Optimus Properties and tenants in Koreatown. The original lawsuit alleged that Optimus was pressuring Latino and mentally [...]

October 22, 2018 – Doug Smith of the Los Angeles Times covers the settlement between Optimus Properties and their tenants in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleged that Optimus was pressuring [...]

October 22, 2018 – El Pais de España covers the settlement between Optimus Properties and their tenants in Los Angeles. The original lawsuit, filed by Public Counsel and Public Advocates, [...]

October 5, 2018 – The San Francisco Chronicle published an op-ed by Deputy Managing Attorney Sam Tepperman-Gelfant. Sam writes about the impact of AB 686. the recently-signed fair housing [...]

Dismantling segregation and housing discrimination just got easier in California For Immediate Release September 30, 2018 Contact: Duc Luu, Communications Manager, Public Advocates, [...]

September 25, 2018 – Deputy Managing Attorney Sam Tepperman-Gelfant was interviewed on KQED Forum with Michael Krasny. During this 30 minute segment, Sam spoke about new patterns of [...]