Samuel P. Tepperman-Gelfant
Issues: Gentrification & Displacement, Affordable Housing, Fair Housing, Equitable Development & Land Use, Climate Justice, Transportation Justice Since joining Public Advocates in 2007, Sam Tepperman-Gelfant ...
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Richard A. Marcantonio
Issue(s): Civil Rights Enforcement, Regional SCS, Land Use and Housing Elements, Fair Housing Rights, Equitable Development “For me, this work is all about building power ...
Liz Ryan Murray
As the Director of Strategic Campaigns within the Metropolitan Equity (“Met”) Team, Liz (she/her) works with Met Team leadership to align our work across team ...
Climate Justice Leaders Concerned by Brown’s Budget, Urge Investment in Underserved Communities
Project:Cap and Trade Revenues under AB 32 and SB 535 Date:January 7, 2016 Contact:Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell)Isabel Alegría, Public ...
East 12th Street Surplus Land Campaign
In Oakland, Public Advocates worked with the resident-led East 12th Street Coalition to ensure that a City-owned site along the shores of Lake Merritt is used for affordable housing, as required by the Surplus Land Act. The campaign began in 2015 and, after sustained advocacy, achieved victory when the Oakland City Council committed once and for all to creating affordable housing on this piece of public land.
Cap & Trade Revenue Advocacy
Since 2013, Public Advocates has been working on cap and trade enforcement to ensure that revenue from California’s cap-and-trade program goes to help low-income communities throughout California that suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change.