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April 29, 2024–Public Advocates’ Law Fellow, Karissa Provenza, spoke with Ed Source reporter Monica Vasquez about West Contra Costa USD’s response to the William’s complaint PA filed [...]

April 18, 2024 – Senior Policy Advocate Angie Salazar responds to an EdSource article by Diana Lambert regarding teacher layoffs across the state. Angie who focuses on statewide advocacy to grow [...]

April 17, 2024—Public Advocates Senior Staff Attorney Suzanne Dershowitz spoke with AP Reporter Trân Nguyễn about SB 1201, the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) Owner Transparency Act, and her [...]

April 6, 2024 – Public Advocates’ Director of Legislative Affairs, Michelle Pariset, spoke with CalMatters reporter Jeanne Kuang, on new legislation that would put in protections for LIHTC [...]

March 20, 2024 – Public Advocates Managing Attorney for the Education Equity team, John Affeldt joined education experts Amber Arellano from The Education Trust-Midwest, Ericka Weathers, from the [...]

March 18, 2024—Streetsblog SF’s Roger Rudick covers the launch of Senate Bill 1031, the Connect Bay Area Act, that would authorize the Bay area’s Metropolitan Transportation [...]

March 13, 2024 – The lack of accessible LLC ownership information can give bad actors cover and needlessly waste taxpayer resources in the pursuit of accountability. It creates challenges for the [...]

February 29, 2024—IE’s Community News’ Manny Sandoval spoke with Public Advocates’ School Bond Financing Complainant and student, Angel Orozco, about his  participation to [...]

February 23, 2024—Wild Rivers Outpost’s Jessica Cejnar Andrews speaks with Public Advocates’ Deputy Managing Attorney, Education Equity, Nicole Gon Ochi, and demand letter complainant [...]

February 22, 2024—Ed Source’s John Fensterwald covered Public Advocates’ virtual press conference where PA Managing Attorney John Affeldt, Deputy Managing Attorney Nicole Gon Ochi, pro bono [...]