Public Advocates in the News

November 15, 2024—EdSource Higher Education reporters Amy DiPierro and Michael Burke speak with Senior Staff Attorney Jetaun Stevens on CA Assembly Bills 705 and 1705. AB “705 allows most [...]

November 11, 2024—Los Angeles Times Equity Reporter Rebecca Plevin speaks with Managing Attorney John Affeldt regarding equity in admissions criteria for “gifted and talented” [...]

November 5, 2024—Patch staff writer Chris Lindahl speaks to Managing Attorney John Affeldt regarding the passage of California Proposition 2, a $10 billion bond that will fund community college [...]

November 6, 2024—EdSource staff writer John Fensterwald and higher education writer Michael Burke speak to Managing Attorney John Affeldt regarding the passage of California Proposition 2, a $10 [...]

November 5, 2024—CalMatters K-12 Education reporter speaks to Managing Attorney John Affeldt regarding the passage of California Proposition 2, a $10 billion bond that will fund community college [...]

October 21, 2024—Lookout Santa Cruz’s education reporter Hillary Ojeda explains how Proposition 2, a $10 billion bond on the November California ballot that (if passed) would provide $8.5 [...]

October 21, 2024—The 74 senior writer Linda Jacobson covers education-related propositions on state ballots across the U.S., including California’s Prop 2, a $10 billion bond that (if [...]

October 17, 2024—The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board spoke with Managing Attorney John Affeldt in their argument that the Los Angeles Unified School District ‘should have worked harder [...]

October 16, 2024—San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies face service cuts and budget shortfalls if they do not put a regional measure that will create funding for these agencies on the [...]

October 16, 2024—The Oaklandside’s road safety, transportation, and public health reporter Jose Fermoso spoke to Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice, Laurel Paget-Seekins, on [...]

October 15, 2024—Richmondside reporter Natalie Hanson speaks with Managing Attorney John Affeldt and Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza on a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge’s ruling [...]

October 14, 2024—LA Times reporter Howard Blume spoke with Managing Attorney John Affeldt about the Los Angeles Unified School District’s decision to overhaul the $120 million Black Student [...]

October 12, 2024—Reporter Soren Hemmila spoke with Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza about the Contra Costa County Superior Court’s decision regarding the lawsuit Public Advocates filed on [...]

October 9, 2024—Guest commentator Jen Byers speaks with Managing Attorney John Affeldt and demand letter complainant Gary Hardie, Jr. regarding the inequities in California’s current system [...]

October 1, 2024—Richmondside reporter Natalie Hanson spoke with Public Advocates’ Staff Attorney Karissa Provenza regarding the recent resignation of West Contra Costa Unified School [...]