April 17, 2020 – The Hill. Rick Girling of the California Public Banking Alliance and Isaiah Poole with Next System Project lays out the case for why public banks are a necessary engine for economic recovery. At least 90 percent of the nation’s cities are facing a budget crisis because of the economic shutdown in […]
Oscar Perry Abello talks with Sylvia Chi and Kurtis Wu from the California Public Banking Alliance. YES! Magazine takes a deep dive into the Bank of North Dakota, the only state-owned bank in the nation and explores how public funds can be redirected to empower local communities. The little city of Hazen, North Dakota, population 2,300, […]
San Diego Union-Tribune – February 2, 2020. The San Diego Union-Tribune talks with Jeff Olson with Public Bank SD and the California Public Banking Alliance on the next steps for a San Diego Public Bank. SAN DIEGO — New state legislation allowing cities to establish government-run “public banks” has prompted San Diego officials to begin exploring the idea, including four City Council […]
SF Bay View – January 17, 2020. About 500 people gathered in the Pauley Ballroom on the University of California-Berkeley’s campus for the second annual meeting of the California Progressive Alliance (CPA) on Jan. 12. Trinity Tran of the California Public Banking Alliance spoke to Diana Cabcabin: “Public banking is an idea that we introduced into the […]
The editorial staff gathered 19 of the year’s best ideas into their Solutions of the Year print magazine. Rounding out the top 19 solutions is the California Public Banking Alliance’s AB 857 Public Banking Act! Oscar Perry Abello reports on California’s adoption of Assembly Bill 857, which creates a legal pathway for public banks owned by city […]
NextCity, December 3, 2019: Watch guest presenters, Trinity Tran and Sushil Jacob of the California Public Banking Alliance, discuss how they organized citizens to help pass public banking legislation in California. This webinar is the second installment of our 2019 Solutions of the Year webinar series. Continue on NextCity.
fter years of claiming to be a leader in climate action, California might be finally starting to step into its promised role — and it is bringing a secret weapon to the challenge. On November 19, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state was placing a moratorium on new permits for oil drilling activities that involved steam injection […]
Thank you American Postal Workers Union (APWU) for your support on the Public Banking Act. Postal banks and municipal public banks are complimentary efforts and we look forward to continuing our work on the financial revolution to build a banking system that works for all working people. APWU represents 330,000 members, employees and retirees of the […]
November 5, 2019. Glenn Daigon with Who.What.Why talks with Assemblymember David Chiu and the Alliance’s Trinity Tran. From successful legislating to overcoming the clout of big finance, California’s new public banking law is reverberating across the country. For only the second time in 100 years, a people-powered coalition overcame the stiff opposition of the banking lobby to […]
“How a Public Bank Could Help Free S.F’s Money From Wall Street,” by Ida Mojadad in SF Weekly, October 16, 2019 “California Just Legalized Public Banks But Can They Work?,” by Mario Koran, October 15, 2019 “Trinity Tran on Public Banking,” on FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), October 11, 2019 “California Governor Signs Bill […]