ENDORSEMENTS & SUPPORT
Public Bank Los Angeles is endorsed by a broad intersection of over 100 community organizations including labor, social justice, environmental, Democratic clubs, and leaders. Show your support for a more equitable and sustainable financial system that prioritizes the needs of our communities over the profits of Wall Street by endorsing our efforts. Socially and environmentally responsible municipal public banks are endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, representing 3.1 million registered Democrats, and the California Democratic Party, representing 10 million registered Democrats in California.
Supporting Organizations
Academy of Fashion Arts and Sciences
Africa Town Coalition
Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA)
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
American Indian Movement Southern California
American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
American Postal Workers Union Local 2620
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, Assembly District 53
Atwater Village Neighborhood Council
Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council
California Public Banking Alliance
California Reinvestment Coalition
California State Democratic Party
Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council
Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council
Circle of Collaborative Communities
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
Climate Hawks Vote
Coalition for Economic Survival
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Communications Workers of America (CWA) National
Communications Workers of America District 9
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative 43rd District
Council For Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) – LA Chapter
Courage Campaign
Crenshaw Subway Coalition
Democracy Policy Network
Democratic Socialists of America-Los Angeles (DSA-LA)
Democrats of Pasadena Foothills
Destination Crenshaw
Divest Invest
Divest LA
Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
East Area Progressive Democrats
East Hollywood Neighborhood Council
Echo Park Neighborhood Council
Empowerment Congress North Area NDC
Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council
Engineers and Architects Association (EAA)
Fannie Lou Hamer Institute
Feel the Bern Democratic Club, Los Angeles
First Unitarian Church Los Angeles
Food & Water Watch
Former LA City Council President Herb Wesson
Fossil Free California
Friends of the Earth U.S.
Green Party of Los Angeles County
Ground Game LA
Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council
Inclusive Action for the City
Idle No More
Indivisible CA
Indivisible Green Team
Inquilinos Unidos
Investing in Place
Korean American Democratic Committee LaboKoreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
LA County Federation of Labor
LA Forward
LA Voice
Labor Network for Sustainability
Little Tokyo Service Center
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman
Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez
Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP)
Los Angeles County Young Democrats
Los Angeles for Democracy Vouchers
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mid City WEST Neighborhood Council
Move LA
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) – Branch 24
Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance
North Hollywood Northeast
North Valley Democratic Club
Our Revolution – National
Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
Palms Neighborhood Council
Pasadena Mennonite Church
People for Mobility Justice (PMJ)
Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA)
Progressive Democratic Club
Public Bank Long Beach
Public Bank Pomona Valley
Public Banking Institute
Regenerative Communities
Represent Us: Los Angeles-San Gabriel Valley chapter
Reseda Neighborhood Council
Revolution LA
San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
San Pedro Democratic Club
Santa Monica Democratic Club
SBPA Public Banking Action Team
SEIU 721
Self-Help Federal Credit Union
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council
SoCal 350
South Bay Progressive Alliance (SPBA)
South Central Farm
Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing (SCANPH)
Stonewall Democratic Club
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education – SCOPE
Sunrise Movement LA
Thai Community Development Center
The Democracy Collaborative
Trust for Public Land
UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 – UCLA Unit
UNITE HERE 11
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
United Way Los Angeles
Urban Soil/ Tierra Urbana
West LA Young Democrats
MEASURE B (2018) POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
National and Local 2620 American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Assemblymember Laura Friedman, AD 43
Carolyn Fowler, Vice Chair, California Democratic Party Women’s Caucus
Carrie Scoville, Assembly District 70 Delegate
California State Democratic Party
Coalition for Economic Survival (CES)
CA Democratic Party Region 12
Communications Workers of America (CWA) National
Communications Workers of America District 9
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district
Darrell Park, California Democratic Party Delegate
Deana Igelsrud, Executive Board, LACDP and California Democratic Party
Democrats of Pasadena Foothills
East Area Progressive Democrats
Feel the Bern Democratic Club, Los Angeles
Gayle McLaughlin, Former Mayor of Richmond
Green Party of Los Angeles County
Herb Wesson, LA City Council President
Jon Katz, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club
Julian Burger, President, Progressive Democratic Club Los Angeles
Kevin McKeown, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica
Korean American Democratic Committee Labor
Council For Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) – LA Chapter
Labor Network for Sustainability
Lauren Meister, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
Lindsey Horvath, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
Logan Smith, Executive Board Member, Demcoratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mac Shorty, Vice Chairman, Watts Neighborhood Council
Mark Gonzalez, Chair – Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Michael Barth, President, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
Mike Bonin, LA City Councilmember
Movement for a People’s Party
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) – Branch 24
Nestor Enrique Valencia, Councilmember, City of Bell
North Valley Democratic Club
Our Revolution – National
Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
Paul Koretz, LA City Councilmember
Progressive Democratic Club
Ray Bishop, Commissioner, Los Angeles County Small Business Commission
Represent Us: Los Angeles-San Gabriel Valley chapter
San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
San Pedro Democratic Club
SBPA Public Banking Action Team
Sean McMorris, Chapter Leader, Represent Us: LA-San Gabriel Valley Chapter
Senator Kevin de León, President pro Tempore of the California State Senate
South Bay Progressive Alliance (SPBA)
Stonewall Democratic Club
Tina Fredericks, President Democrats of Pasadena Foothills
UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 – UCLA Unit
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
West LA Democratic Club Young
MEASURE B (2018) ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Democratic Socialists of America-Los Angeles (DSA-LA)
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA)
Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing (SCANPH)
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
LA Forward
Food & Water Watch
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
Courage Campaign
LA Voice
Revolution LA
Bernie Sanders Brigade
Self-Help Federal Credit Union
Ground Game LA
Commonomics USA
Public Banking Institute
Idle No More
American Indian Movement Southern California
Divest LA
SoCal 350
First Unitarian Church Los Angeles
Inquilinos Unidos
People for Mobility Justice (PMJ)
FB Church of Maywood
Investing in Place
Pasadena Mennonite Church
Regenerative Communities
Fannie Lou Hamer Institute
Coalition for Economic Survival
Thai Community Development Center
Trust for Public Land
Little Tokyo Service Center
Divest Invest
Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education – SCOPE
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)
Independent California
Urban Soil/ Tierra Urbana
South Central Farm
Crenshaw Subway Coalition
Circle of Collaborative Communities
Progressive Asian Network for Action
Climate Hawks Vote
Friends of the Earth U.S.
Fossil Free California
MEASURE B (2018) COMMUNITY LEADER ENDORSEMENTS
Thomas Runnion, Vice President, Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9
Xochitl Covarrubias, Chief of Staff of United Steelworkers, Local 675 and LCLAA
Katherine Isaac, American Postal Workers Union
Jim Sauber, Chief of Staff, National Association of Letter Carriers – Branch 24
Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Senior Pastor, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
Bill McKibben, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, 350.org
Tony Gamboa, President, United Firefighters of Los Angeles City
Craig Lally, President, Los Angeles Police Protective League
RL Miller, President, Climate Hawks Vote, Chair – California Democratic Party Environmental Caucus
Ellen Brown, Chair, Public Banking Institute
Marc Armstrong, President, Commonomics USA
Sarah Brennan, Senior Vice President, Self-Help Federal Credit Union
Cara Robin, President, West LA Democratic Club
Richard Mathews, President, North Valley Democratic Club
Ada Valiente, Senior Pastor, FB Church of Maywood
Jessica Meaney, Executive Director, Investing in Place
Laura Raymond, Director, Alliance for Community Transit – Los Angeles (ACT-LA)
Cat Yang, Program Associate, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
Río Oxas, Programs and Policy Organizer, People for Mobility Justice (PMJ)
Luis R Cabrales, Executive Director, Inquilinos Unidos
Donna Sider, Pasadena Mennonite Church
Tim Kornegay, Justice Transformation organizer, L.A. Voice
Baba Akili, Fannie Lou Hammer Institute
Cynthia Liu, CEO, K-12 News Network
Deborah Silvey, Board Chair, Fossil Free California
Lorenzo Riley, Field Rep, Swing the Seven
Stephanie, Knapik, Climate Reality Leader, Los Angeles Climate Reality Project
Joe Donlin. Associate Director, SAJE (Strategic Actions for a Just Economy)
Logan Smith, City Council Candidate, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Leah Herzberg, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Jerilyn Stapleton, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Doris Dent, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Loraine Lundquist, Executive Board Alternate, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Dorothy Reik, President, Progressive Democrats of The Santa Monica Mountains
Larry Gross, Executive Director, Coalition for Economic Survival (CES)
Yunni Li, Head Steward, UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 – UCLA Unit
Joe Uehlein, President, Labor Network for Sustainability