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January 14, 2022 – EdSource asked observers, advocates, students and legislators to initiate the discussion with their first take on the governor’s budget for 2022-23. The article includes [...]

January 10, 2022 Statement on Education Funding in Governor Newsom’s Budget Statement by Director of Education Equity John Affeldt on K-12 Budget: This budget proposal rightly builds on and [...]

Public Advocates, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, and PolicyLink represented four community organizations in East Palo Alto in raising cutting-edge legal [...]

Beginning in 2014, carbon cap-and-trade auction revenues brought billions of dollars each year into California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Public Advocates, in coalition with climate [...]

Following oral argument on February 11, 2004, a unanimous California Supreme Court held not only that the Insurance Commissioner has the power to collect “redlining data” from insurers, but that [...]

Angela Glover Blackwell got her start in public interest law at Public Advocates where she was a managing attorney from 1977 through 1987. Finely tuned in to the community pulse and known for her [...]

Public Advocates brought suit against the City of Pleasanton in 2006, challenging its housing cap and its failure to plan to build more affordable housing. After a victory in the court of appeal, [...]

Michael (he/him/his) joined the Alliance for Housing Justice as the Digital Communications Manager in October 2021. Michael cut his teeth in the renters’ rights movement when he and his neighbors [...]

Issues: Displacement, Affordable Housing, Fair Housing, Tenant Protections In November 2021, Suzanne (she/her/hers) joined the Metropolitan Equity Team at Public Advocates as a Staff Attorney. [...]

This omnibus suit charged racial discrimination in employment, housing, education, banking, and veterans affairs by the State of California. Public Advocates handled the employment section of the suit.