FEATURED PRESS
- The Urban Activist – LA’s Next Urban Revolution: A Public Bank
- Common Dreams – Public Banking in a Time of Crisis: How to Rebuild Los Angeles
- U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib – Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Public Banking Act
- Los Angeles Times – After years of ups and downs, Los Angeles moves forward on creation of a public bank
- Truthout – The SVB and Signature Bank Crashes Show Why We Need Public Banking
- SEIU California – Governor Newsom Signs First in the Nation Legislation on Universal Access to Free Banking Services
- Los Angeles Times – Free Banking in California? New Bill Tackles Access and Racial Equity
- ABC 7 News – Los Angeles Could be 1st Major U.S. City to Get a Public Bank
- KCET – Los Angeles Unanimously Supports Statewide Public Banking Option
- The Real News Network – California Legalizes Public Banking
- Democracy at Work with Richard Wolff – Public Service v. Private Profit
- Los Angeles Times – Why Los Angeles Should Start a Bank
- Bloomberg – Los Angeles Weighs Bringing Its Wall Street Cash Home
- Huffington Post – What If Banks Were Publicly Owned? In LA, This May Soon Be A Reality
- ABC 7 News – Measure B Would Allow Los Angeles to Create a Public Bank
Visit California Public Banking Alliance for additional coverage and news from the public banking movement.
NEWS ARTICLES
Assemblymember Matt Haney led two back-to-back hearings on the California State Bank. In the Assembly Banking Committee, he was joined by our expert witnesses, including Jennifer Finger of the California Public Banking Alliance, who testified in support of AB 2243. A retired banker with...
Corporate monopolies don’t just control what we buy — they control the infrastructure that connects and sustains our communities. But people are fighting back.
We’re thrilled to be part of “The Corporate Power of It All,” a special edition from Liberation in a Generation and The Forge. In the conversation,...
Steve Dubbs with Shelterforce interviews Public Bank LA’s Trinity Tran and Dan Pelegero. As federal funding streams face cuts, the idea of public banks is gaining ground as a tool for states and localities to finance community development. Trinity and Dan are part of a national conversation in...
Angelenos Turn Out for Public Banking
We’re so excited about the turnout for our Los Angeles public banking listening session at Mercado La Paloma. Community members spoke about the barriers they face accessing capital and how a city-owned public bank could help close gaps in affordable housing,...
LA budget season is here, and the Public Bank LA coalition showed up at the UCLA Worker Center Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, Los Angeles Controller Kenneth Mejia, and community leaders from BLM, RepresentLA, LA Forward, IDEPSCA, to demand a 2026 City budget that matches the people’s priorities, including...
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Event Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:00 A.M.
Contact: Naomi Roochnik, cd1comms@lacity.org
Councilmember Hernandez, City Controller Mejia, and Advocacy Organizations to Unveil 2026 Budget Priorities
LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles approaches a crucial budget season,...
What an exciting year for LA’s public banking movement. We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished and grateful for the work of our community supporters and partners who kept pushing, even through a challenging year for our city and nation. From the fires to ICE raids and a volatile federal landscape, we’re...
Watch the excerpt of the new clip here. Watch the full clip on Spectrum News.
Spectrum News captured a major milestone in the movement for an LA public bank: nine Los Angeles City Councilmembers have now committed their own discretionary dollars to fund the Public Bank feasibility study, ensuring this...
The LA County Democratic Party (LACDP), representing over 3 million registered Democrats, has officially endorsed the LA public bank — the Municipal Bank of Los Angeles. Special thanks to the Culver City Democratic Club for championing the resolution.
In its adopted measure, LACDP supports a...
As federal funding disappears, communities across the country are taking control of their public dollars by creating public banks that serve local needs.
Join us for a landmark national discussion featuring Senator Elizabeth Warren and leading voices in the public banking movement.
Wednesday, November...
Assemblymember Matt Haney led two back-to-back hearings on the California State Bank. In the Assembly Banking Committee, he was joined by our expert witnesses, including Jennifer Finger of the California Public Banking Alliance, who testified in support of AB 2243. A retired banker with...
Corporate monopolies don’t just control what we buy — they control the infrastructure that connects and sustains our communities. But people are fighting back.
We’re thrilled to be part of “The Corporate Power of It All,” a special edition from Liberation in a Generation and The Forge. In the conversation,...
Steve Dubbs with Shelterforce interviews Public Bank LA’s Trinity Tran and Dan Pelegero. As federal funding streams face cuts, the idea of public banks is gaining ground as a tool for states and localities to finance community development. Trinity and Dan are part of a national conversation in...
Angelenos Turn Out for Public Banking
We’re so excited about the turnout for our Los Angeles public banking listening session at Mercado La Paloma. Community members spoke about the barriers they face accessing capital and how a city-owned public bank could help close gaps in affordable housing,...
LA budget season is here, and the Public Bank LA coalition showed up at the UCLA Worker Center Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, Los Angeles Controller Kenneth Mejia, and community leaders from BLM, RepresentLA, LA Forward, IDEPSCA, to demand a 2026 City budget that matches the people’s priorities, including...