2014-15 Friends of Public Advocates
Regional Letter Regarding Santa Rosa Rent Stabilization
Issue: Affordable Housing Topic: Equitable Development Date: April 29, 2016 By: David Zisser File: regional_letter_regarding_santa_rosa_rent_stabilization Letter from 6 Wins members and allies in [...]
SB 375 Climate Justice Campaign
Issue: Climate Justice Topic: State Climate Policy Background We have launched a climate justice advocacy campaign that will bring low-income voices to the table and shape SB 375 implementation [...]
6 Wins Network
Background Public Advocates is one of the creators and leading members of the 6 Wins for Social Equity Network, a bold group of strategic allies from social justice, faith, public health and [...]
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Passes Bill to Expand Benefits of Clean Energy Economy
Project: Cap and Trade Revenues under AB 32 and SB 535 Date: April 4, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 [...]
Voices of Conscience Celebration 2016
Join us in recognizing the 45th anniversary of Public Advocates Inc., one of California’s premiere nonprofit civil rights law firms. Each year, dozens of distinguished law firms and corporations [...]
Peninsula Interfaith Action v. City of Menlo Park and Menlo Park City Council
Menlo Park Agrees to Welcome 1,000 Units of Affordable Housing In 2012, Public Advocates successfully negotiated with the Menlo Park City Council to meet the city’s share of the region’s [...]
Osorio v. City of Pittsburg
With our coalition partners Pittsburg Better Together, ACORN, Contra Costa FaithWorks! and the California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Advocates made real progress in the fight for [...]
Williams v. City of Antioch
Case Date: July 11, 2007 In July 2007, in partnership with Bay Area Legal Aid, we launched an investigation to determine whether the Antioch Police Department was unlawfully targeting [...]