The LA City Council needs to hear from all of us, loud and clear. The Public Bank LA Coalition is calling on the City to fully fund the Public Bank feasibility study in this year’s budget.
We’ve already secured unanimous Council support to move forward. Now we need the City Council to approve the $460,000 to launch the feasibility plan. This is a small line item with enormous potential to save millions, fund affordable housing, build climate-resilient infrastructure, and support LA’s small businesses and community lenders.
Meanwhile, LA faces a $1 billion budget deficit. Thousands of city workers could be furloughed. Federal threats to local funding are growing. We can’t afford to keep sending millions to Wall Street. We need local control of our money NOW to fund city needs, prevent the next budget deficit, and invest in LA’s future.
But it starts with the feasibility study, and that won’t happen without your public comment at LA’s budget hearings. Speak up and help make this real.
Speak out in person to demand funding for the LA Public Bank plan! Use our talking points to help keep your message on point.
Friday, April 25 at 1pm
Van Nuys City Hall
2nd Floor Chamber
14410 Sylvan St, Van Nuys, CA 91401
Monday, April 28 at 4pm
LA City Hall
John Ferraro Council Chamber – Room 340
200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Let us know you’re coming to help our team coordinate! RSVP here: bit.ly/pblabudgetrsvp.
Public comment talking points: bit.ly/pblabudget25.
Show up. Speak out. Let’s build the Public Bank LA deserves.
In Solidarity,
Public Bank LA, ACCE Los Angeles, Inclusive Action for the City, Move LA, SEIU 721, United Parents and Students, Destination Crenshaw
Submit a Public Comment Online!
Can’t make it to the budget hearings? It’s quick and easy to support the Public Bank—submit a comment online for Council File 25-0600!
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/publiccomment/?cfnumber=25-0600
Use our talking points document to help craft your message.
Start your message with this clear demand: “Fund the Public Bank Feasibility Study.”
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ACCE Action
ACT-LA
Africa Town Enterprise
AFSCME District Council 36
Americans for Democratic Action – Southern California
Americans for Democratic Action Foundation of Southern California
Bend the Arc
Brotherhood Crusade
California Progressive Alliance
California Public Banking Alliance
CARECEN-LA
CHIRLA
CLUE
CoCo South LA
Community Power Collective
Courage California
Creating Justice LA
Democratic Socialists of America – Los Angeles
Destination Crenshaw
Eastside Leads
Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council
End Homelessness California
FIX LA
Friends of the Earth US
Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council
Green Party of Los Angeles County
Ground Game LA
Housing Now! California
Inclusive Action for the City
Indivisible California
Inner City Struggle
International Union Of Operating Engineers, Local 501
KIWA
LA County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
LA Forward Institute
LA Voice
LAANE
LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Librarians Guild
Little Tokyo Service Center
LIUNA 777
Living Urban Ventures
Los Angeles Black Worker Center
Los Feliz Neighborhood Council
McCarty Memorial Christian Church
Move LA
Movement Legal
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Pasadena City College CORE Program
Public Bank LA
Public Bank Pomona Valley
Rise Economy
SAJE
SCOPE LA
SEIU 721
SEIU-USWW
SoCal 350
South Asian Network
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sunrise Movement LA
Teamsters 911
Thai Community Development Center
The Academy of Financial Education
The Church Without Walls – Skid Row
The Democracy Collaborative, Joe Guinan, President
The Row LA
United Parents and Students
United Teacher Los Angeles
United to House LA
United Way LA
US Solidarity Economy Network
USC Credit Union
Venice Community Housing Corporation
Voters of Tomorrow CA
