Jed D’Abravanel
Jed specializes in affordable housing, real estate, HUD regulatory, and nonprofit law. Jed has experience representing developers in transactions utilizing various HUD programs and the ...
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Press Release: Landmark Lawsuit Challenges California’s “Backwards” School Facilities System That Punishes Poor Districts
Today Public Advocates, a civil rights law firm, and pro bono counsel Morrison Foerster, filed a landmark constitutional challenge on behalf of students, families, and educators against the State of California for operating a discriminatory school facility funding system that forces children in low-wealth districts to learn in buildings with toxic mold, leaky classrooms, failing HVAC systems and dangerous playgrounds while wealthy districts are funded to build state-of-the-art facilities.
Megan Wilhelm
“I’m very excited to return to Public Advocates as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. This project will deepen our impact on housing justice by focusing ...
The Sacramento Bee: Bills to help Ca renters didn’t get to Newsom’s desk in 2025. Which ones and why?
Public Advocates' Director of Legislative Affairs Michelle Pariset, speaks to the Sacramento Bee about this year's unusually hard advocacy to get stronger protections for renters in the most expensive state to rent, particularly as legislators speak out about making affordability concerns top priority.
CalMatters: California lawmakers going big on pro-development bills — not so much on renter protection
Why are renter's rights bills facing one of the toughest challenges in a largely Democratic statehouse where addressing housing affordability is a top concern? CalMatters' Housing Reporter Ben Christopher spoke with Michelle Pariset, our Director of Legislative Affairs to understand more about what is happening behind closed doors in the statehouse.