Community Benefits
Community Benefits Ensuring low-income communities have a voice in and a fair share of the benefits of new development. Our neighbors living in low-income neighborhoods ...
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Fonseca v. City of Gilroy
Frustrated with a lack of solutions to Gilroy’s low-income housing shortage, Public Advocates and its partners filed a lawsuit against the City of Gilroy on ...
Martinez v. Optimus Properties LLC
Real estate developer Optimus Properties agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit, brought by Public Advocates, charging widespread housing discrimination. Read more about ...
Urban Habitat v. City of Pleasanton
In a major victory for affordable housing, Public Advocates and our co-counsels won a lawsuit against the City of Pleasanton for illegally preventing affordable housing ...
Anderson v. City of San José
Public Advocates, along with our partners, successfully sued the City of San José for not complying with the state’s Surplus Land Act (SLA). The SLA ...
Peninsula Interfaith Action v. City of Menlo Park and Menlo Park City Council
In 2012, Public Advocates successfully negotiated with the Menlo Park City Council to meet the city’s share of the region’s affordable housing needs, extending the ...