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March 7, 2017 – Public Advocates and the Charles Houston Bar Association (CHBA) are proud to announce our second Arc of Justice Summer Fellow, Erin Lapeyrolerie. Awarded to law students who [...]

Originally published in December of 2013 By Richard Marcantonio In Part 1 of this blog, I talked about planning as an important form of law-making. Here, I turn to the question of why it’s also [...]

More than ever, we need your support to help create progressive change in California. Help fuel the resistance against the incoming Trump administration by making a tax-deductible gift to Public [...]

EdSource’s John Fensterwald writes about revisions to how school districts must write their budget and accountability plans, quoting Public Advocates’ John Affeldt.   Read the [...]

Issue: Climate Justice Topic: Regional Planning Project: Plan Bay Area Date: October 28, 2016 File: 6-wins-letter-pba-preferred-scenario

Public Advocates Inc., a bold and highly regarded nonprofit civil rights law firm and advocacy organization with a $2.5m annual budget, is seeking a highly capable, full-time Grants Manager to [...]

More than forty groups have called upon MTC and ABAG to incorporate key elements of the “Equity, Environment and Jobs” Scenario into the final Plan Bay Area. On September 23, 2015 wrote a letter [...]

Press Release – July 21, 2016 Attorneys for two San José residents and two non-profit housing advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit in state court today charging that the City of San Jose [...]

Fair Housing Framework for San Francisco’s Mission District

Public Advocates was lead counsel (with the California Affordable Housing Law Project) in an affordable housing suit against the City of Pleasanton. Our clients are Urban Habitat, an [...]