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July 20, 2022 – Suzanne Dershowitz, staff attorney at Public Advocates, was quoted in a Market Watch article by Joy Wiltermuth, about how buying a first house could get much harder for [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2022 Contact: Sumeet Bal, sbal@publicadvocates.org, 917.647.1952 CAPP Remains a Budget Priority for Communities Facing Displacement Statement by Andrés Ramos, [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2022 Contact: Sumeet Bal, Communications Director, sbal@publicadvocates.org 917.647.1952 Public Advocates Applauds Leadership Commitment to Education Funding in CA [...]
On May 18, the California State Board of Education approved the first round of grants out of the $3B California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) our alliance pushed to win! The [...]
Michelle joined Public Advocates as a Policy Advocate in 2016, focusing on tenant issues, housing, land use, public transit, and climate policy in the legislature. She helped build and strengthen [...]
In 2018, Karina Paredes, student engagement and policy associate at Public Advocates, attended her first Student Senate for California Community Colleges General Assembly, held in Ontario, [...]
For Immediate Release May 13, 2022 Contact: Will Lowry, wlowry@publicadvocates.org, 415.795.0042 Statement on Education Funding in Governor Newsom’s May Revise Statement on K-12 Budget: We [...]
Judge Anthony Kline co-founded Public Advocates in 1971 with Bob Gnaizda, Sid Wolinsky and Peter Sitkin. A native of New York, Kline’s long and illustrious judicial career began in the late [...]
Public Advocates is excited to have recently co-sponsored AB 2710, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra. On April 27, 2022 the hearing for The Stable Homes Act was canceled. If enacted, the bill [...]
Ann O’Leary is a political advisor, attorney, and nonprofit leader who served on the Public Advocates Board of Governors from 2005-2011. She grew up in a small town in Maine, where her [...]
