Public Bank LA - Movement Resources
Essential resources including lending and investment reports, business plans, municipal documents, and organizing tools from the Los Angeles and California public banking movement.
LOS ANGELES
Municipal Bank of Los Angeles – five-part series from the Jain Family Institute and the Berggruen Institute detailing practical lending and investment options for the Los Angeles Public Bank.
What a Public Bank Can Do For LA and Its People – series overview & summary
Housing Solutions and Portfolio Options – opportunities in the city’s financing for affordable housing, available land for development, and the preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH).
Clean Energy Portfolio Options – how the municipal bank would support the LADWP, LA’s municipal-owned utility, along with community solar, utility-scale solar, and energy efficiency retrofits.
Financial Justice Portfolio Options
Democratic Governance Frameworks
Interactive Balance Sheet Simulator – useful tool to build your own customized public bank loan portfolio.
Los Angeles City Council RFP for Public Bank Feasibility Study and Business Plan
LA Public Bank Small Businesses Report, Inclusive Action for the City
Governance Proposal for the LA Public Bank, The Democracy Collaborative
Public Bank LA Resource Booklet
Public Bank LA Activist Toolkit
Los Angeles City Communications and Reports
SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Public Bank Business Plan
San Francisco MFC Business Plan
SF Green Bank Memo
SF Public Bank Governance Plan
HR&A Recommendations
SF Public Bank Reinvestment Working Group
San Francisco City/County Communications and Reports
EAST BAY
Public Bank East Bay Business plan and three years of financial model available to review on request.
Treasurer’s board letter from Hank Levy, Alameda County Treasurer stating intent to allocate $40M.
Letter from Floy Andrews, Special Counsel of Friends of the Public Bank East Bay, legal opinion on use of local agency investment pool funds for public bank capitalization.
East Bay Governance Prototype
CENTRAL COAST
Letter from Santa Cruz County Supervisor seeking statements of interest from Central Coast cities, counties, and public agencies to participate in a viability study for the Central Coast Public Bank.
Central Coast Regional Communications and Reports
SACRAMENTO
Sacramento City Council RFQ for Public Bank Viability Study and Business Plan
Sacramento Communications and Reports
FRESNO
CPBA ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BANKING ACT (AB 857, 2019)
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BANKING OPTION ACT (AB 1177, 2021)
Legislative Brief – summary of the California Public Banking Act and the California Public Banking Option Act (CalAccount).
Policy Brief
Public Banks x CDFIs – flyer
Public Banks x Local Financial Institutions Brief – explains how California’s Public Banks, under AB 857, can collaborate with local financial institutions (LFIs) like credit unions and CDFIs to address community needs.
Public Banking One-Pagers – quick guides on how public banks support affordable housing, green energy, labor, localism and agroecology, municipal governments, and small businesses.
Public Banks x Social Housing – brief
Public Banks x Small Businesses – brief
Public Banking Video – 2-minute explainer video.
Resource Booklet – overview of public banking and FAQ.
Technical Brief – technical summary of California’s public banks.
CalAccount website
CalAccount one-pager
California Public Banking Option Act – AB 1177 fact sheet
The Business of Bank Account Fees, Roosevelt Institute
The Case for CalAccount, HR&A Advisors
Banking for the People, Roosevelt Institute
CalAccount Market Study & Feasibility Report, RAND