by Michelle Mosser | Jul 28, 2020 | California, Economics, News, 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 | California, News, 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 | California, COVID-19, Local Economies, News, 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...
by Michelle Mosser | Feb 23, 2020 | California, National, News, Public Banking
Photo by Etienne Martin By Alexander Kolokotronis, The Trouble. | Jan 18, 2020 Public banks do not serve to increase the supply of money and capital. They aim to restructure capital at its very core. Imagine walking through your future home—a city-owned...
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 3, 2020 | California, Local Economies, National, New Mexico, News, Public Banking
By Evan Weinberger, Bloomberg Law / Jan 2, 2020 A California law has energized public banking advocates around the country New York and other states are moving ahead with legislation and studies aimed at creating public banks A California law allowing municipalities...
by Michelle Mosser | Nov 12, 2019 | California, Commercial Banking, Economics, National, News, Public Banking
The move shifts power away from profit-motivated board members of corporate banks and into the hands of the people. By Aaron Fernando, The Progressive / Oct. 24, 2019 When you pay state and local taxes, parking fees and other payments to your regional...