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For Immediate Release Contact: Araceli Simeon, PON 626) 991-1610 Rigel Spencer Massaro, Public Advocates (707) 761-5672 rmassaro@publicadvocates.org Shulamit N. Ritblatt, Ph.D., San Diego State [...]

PRESS RELEASE June 26, 2020 Contact: Isabel Alegria, ialegria@publicadvocates.org; (510) 541-5428   PUBLIC ADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON EDUCATION PROVISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET The current [...]

July 2, 2020 Contact: Lawrence Mason III, Housing California/Spitfire Strategies lawrence@spitfirestrategies.com, (504) 616-3103 Juhi Khemani, Council of Community Housing Organizations, [...]

June 30, 2020 – Dan Walters of CalMatters writes about Public Advocates’ charge that San Bernardino schools misspent more than $300 million intended for high-need students. He writes [...]

For Immediate Release June 30, 2020 Contact: Isabel Alegria, ialegria@publicadvocates.org; 510-541-5428 (cell) or Duc Luu, dluu@publicadvocates.org ; (857) 373-9118 ACLU SoCal Communications [...]

For Immediate Release June 29, 2020 County office of education allegedly approved rampant illegal spending by school districts in Southern California Who: Public Advocates Inc.; the ACLU of [...]

June 15, 2020 Contact: Alma López, Brown Issues, (209) 914-5022 STUDENTS & COMMUNITY DEMAND INVESTMENT FOR COUNSELORS NOT COPS IN SCUSD SACRAMENTO, CA — Over the past three years, [...]

June 10, 2020 Contact: Duc Luu, Public Advocates Inc., dluu@publicadvocates.org, 857-373-9118 Courtney McKinney, Western Center on Law and Poverty, cmckinney@wclp.org   Sweeping tenant [...]

Statement on Murder of George Floyd and Mass Protests The moment we are now living in our country calls on each and every one of us to stand for justice, affirming loudly, unequivocally [...]

May 21, 2020 GRASSROOTS COALITION CALLS ON STATE LEADERS TO ADOPT 10 EQUITY PRIORITIES FOR PATH THROUGH COVID-19 CRISIS The actions state and local leaders take will determine the future of every [...]