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July 9, 2017 – AB 1321 has been stripped of a key provision. The provision would have called for school districts to detail how funding from California new’s education finance law [...]

July 6, 2017 – Kyle Stokes of KPCC writes about the agreement in principle reached between the Los Angeles Unified School District and plaintiffs Reyna Frias (an L.A. parent) and the [...]

July 3, 2017 – Jean Tepperman of Oakland Magazine writes about Plan Bay Area 2040–an effort by regional planning agencies to guide housing and transportation development over the next [...]

June 27, 2017 – It can be hard to know how certain education funds are spent, according to an article by Voice of San Diego’s Maya Srikrishnan. The state’s new education funding [...]

June 27, 2017 By David Zisser Fair housing and anti-displacement advocates won an important victory on April 25th in San Jose that may have repercussions at the regional, state, and even national [...]

June 21, 2017 – Robyn Purchia of the San Francisco Examiner looks at reports that Uber and Lyft contribute to as much as 15% of San Francisco vehicle traffic. The story features the voices [...]

June 19, 2017 – Jessica Calefati of CALMatters explores problems with the implementation of California’s groundbreaking education finance reform law. The article mentions Public [...]

June 19, 2017 – Carl Petersen shines a light on the practice of requiring volunteer hours for parents at some California charter schools. By law, “it is not legal nor appropriate for [...]

June 19, 2017 – Carl Petersen shines a light on the practice of requiring volunteer hours for parents at some California charter schools. By law, “it is not legal nor appropriate for [...]

On May 25, 2017 our dear friend and colleague Miguel Angel Méndez passed away at his home in San Carlos, California, with his family at his side. We at Public Advocates deeply mourn the loss of [...]