by Michelle Mosser | Jan 25, 2021 | News, California, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo of San Diego by John Getchel, Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) By David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune | January 23, 2021 San Diego city leaders want to explore creating California’s first government-run public bank, which could loan out tens of millions of...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 30, 2020 | Public Bank, Bank of North Dakota, California, Economics, Local Economies, Postal Banking, Public Banking
Photo by Greg Nash By Emily Stewart, Vox | October 30, 2020 A public option, but for banking. That’s what Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are proposing in a new bill unveiled on Friday. The Public Banking Act, first shared with Vox, wouldn’t...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 12, 2020 | News, California, Postal Banking
Photo by Greg Nash By Thomas M. Hanna and Jeff Olson, The Hill | October 9, 2020 Postal banking would offer a personal public banking option to everyone with a postal address The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is under attack and at grave risk. But with that...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 28, 2020 | News, California, Economics, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by South Bend Voice / CC BY 2.0 By Miguel Santiago, CalMatters | July 23, 2020 A bold plan to help California’s local communities: Establish a public bank that would provide economic recovery loans to small businesses and local governments. The...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | News, California, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: Trinity Tran/Twitter By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams | July 10, 2020 “If California is serious about addressing racial and income inequities, we must create a banking system that centers people not profits.” In a move advocacy groups...
by Michelle Mosser | Apr 29, 2020 | News, California, COVID-19, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: Debbie Notkin by JCF By Debbie Notikin, Post News Group| Apr 22, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis is shining a bright and unforgiving light on the glaring economic and racial inequalities we live with every day. Public banking is a major step toward a more just and...