California New Laws
Source: Contra Costa Times By: Jessica Calefati and Katy Murphy Date: October 9, 2015 Related Staff: Angela Perry Gov. Brown vetoed a law to help thousands of students stranded by the [...]
Governor Brown Vetoes Debt Relief Bill, Denying Aid to Thousands of Students Harmed in For-Profit College Closure
Project: Student Aid Policy Date: October 8, 2015 Related Staff: Angela Perry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2015 Contact: Isabel Alegria, ialegria@publicadvocates.org , (415) 431-7434, (510) [...]
Public Advocates Statement on Governor’s Signing of SB 172 (Liu)
Project: Californians For Justice v. State Board Education: California High School Exit Exam Date: October 7, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2015 Contact: Isabel Alegría, [...]
Guest commentary: Concord Naval Weapons Station: Getting it right means getting it in writing
Source: Contra Costa Times By: Steve Older Date: September 27, 2015 Related Staff: Samuel P. Tepperman-Gelfant This year, the Concord City Council will make the decision of a generation [...]
Confronting Climate Change in California
Source: KALW Date: September 21, 2015 Related Staff: Marybelle Nzegwu Staff Attorney Marybelle Nzegwu on KALW-FM talk show discusses the fact that low-income communities of color are taking [...]
NBC Bay Area on New Local Control Funding Formula
Source: NBC Bay Area By: Jessica Aguirre NBC Bay Area Date: September 25, 2015 Related Staff: Angelica Jongco Staff Attorney Angelica Jongco is featured in an NBC Bay Area TV news segment about [...]
Bill would deal with ‘math misplacement’
Source: The Sacramento Bee By: Alice Huffman and Andrea Deveau Date: September 15, 2015 With the stroke of his pen, Gov. Jerry Brown can take a major step forward and set the stage to [...]
Test scores to be only one factor in measuring school progress
Source: EdSource By: John Fensterwald Date: September 15, 2015 Related Staff: John T. Affeldt For months, California education officials have emphasized one message regarding the role that [...]
Secrecy rules in regional-planning power struggle
Source: 48 Hills By: Tim Redmond Date: August 31, 2015 Last week the power struggle between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments intensified, as [...]
Dan Walters: Poor kids’ school aid diverted
Source: The Sacramento Bee By: Dan Walters Date: August 27, 2015 California school districts were granted extraordinary flexibility in implementing a historic overhaul of public education finance [...]
