News

April 30, 2018 – Juliet Elperin of the Washington Post writes about efforts at HUD to deregulate the industry that creates mobile homes. CarsonWatch Project Director Liz Ryan Murray is [...]

April 24, 2018 – Theresa Harrington of EdSource writes about the administrative complaint that Public Advocates filed against the West Contra Costa Unified School District. The complaint [...]

April 23, 2018  Families File Complaint to Compel School District to Release Data Needed for Review of Spending Plan SAN FRANCISCO –  Parents and students from the West Contra Costa Unified [...]

April 11, 2018 – Tom Chorneau of K12 Daily covers the announcement of Assembly Bill 2820. Public Advocates is co-sponsoring this bill because we believe that everyone should feel safe and [...]

April 4, 2018 – Public Advocates and the Charles Houston Bar Association (CHBA) are proud to announce our third Arc of Justice Summer Fellow, Ariona Jean-Johnson! Awarded to law students [...]

April 3, 2018 – The Charity Navigator Blog named Public Advocates as one of 10 “outstanding organizations” to support. Click here to read the article.

March 23, 2018 – Zelda Bronstein of the Daily Berkeley Planet writes about the BART board’s vote of conditional support for SB 827. Senior Staff Attorney David Zisser is mentioned in [...]

March 1, 2018 – WDET interviewed Liz Ryan Murray, Project Director of CarsonWatch. The conversation focused on revelations that HUD spent $31,000 on a luxury dining table set in the midst [...]

February 28, 2018 – Lindsey Mckenzie of Inside Higher Ed writes about California’s status as the only state that has not signed on to the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement [...]

February 23, 2018 – Ali Tadayon of the East Bay Times writes about the battle in Oakland over the use of public land. Public Advocates is calling for unused public land to be developed into [...]