2024 Summer Legal Clerkship
2024 Summer Legal Clerkship Spend your summer building community power and advancing racial & economic justice at one of California’s leading civil rights law firms! Public Advocates Inc. is [...]
Counterpunch: It’s Not That Hard to Solve Homelessness
July 11, 2023 – Counterpunch’s Sonali Kolhatkar writes about the homelessness crisis in California. The articles mentions Public Advocates’ 2018 report on the growing [...]
Media Statement: In Deficit Year Budget Deal Provides Bright Spots for Education Equity and Transit But Low Income Renters Still Await Relief
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2023 Press Contact: Sumeet Bal, Director of Communication, 917-647-1952, sbal@publicadvocates.org In Deficit Year Budget Deal Provides Bright Spots for Education [...]
Press Release: Education Equity Orgs Release First-Ever Community Informed Recs on Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Educators in California Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2023 Press contact: Sumeet Bal, Director of Communications, 917-647-1952, sbal@publicadvocates.org Hannah Esqueda Freeman, Communications Director, [...]
AP: Governor Says California’s Budget Deficit Has Grown To Nearly $32 Billion
May 12, 2023 – The AP’s Adam Beam covers Governor Newsom’s May Budget Revision. The article quotes Director of Legislative Affairs Michelle Pariset: “Its disappointing that the [...]
Luis A. Rodriguez
Luis A. Rodriguez is in private practice as an attorney and consultant working on legal and public policy issues within the areas of affordable housing, economic development, tax exempt [...]
USA Today: Why wealthy California couldn’t stop the Los Angeles schools from going on strike
March 24, 2023 – USA Today’s Terry Collins covers the LAUSD teachers’ strike. Managing Attorney John Affeldt is featured in the story: Although California has moved up in [...]
Press Release: Civil Rights Report Details Improvements Needed to CA School Funding System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2023 Contact: Sumeet Bal, Director of Communication, sbal@publicadvocates.org, 917.647.1952 Civil Rights Report Details Improvements Needed to CA School [...]
Andreina Kniss
Press Release: Public Advocates Files Complaint to Address Staffing Chaos at Marina Middle School
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2023 Contact: Sumeet Bal, Director of Communications, sbal@publicadvocates.org, 917.647.1952 Civil Rights Law Firm Files Complaint to Address Staffing Chaos at [...]
