Join us to close the racial wealth and financial services gap by making CalAccount a reality.

Our CalAccount Community Coalition

Joint Authors of AB 1177 (California Public Banking Option Act)

  • Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles)

  • Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles)

  • Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco)

  • Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella)

  • Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D- San Diego)

  • Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose)

  • Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San Jose)

  • Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco)

  • Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland)

  • Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson)

Co-Authors of AB 1177 (California Public Banking Option Act)

  • Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale)

  • Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles)

  • Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D-Arleta)

  • Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles)

  • Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach)

  • Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego)

  • Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)

 

Sponsoring Organizations

We are a growing coalition of racial and economic justice organizations, financial access advocates, and labor unions. Join us.

 

Supporters

 
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  • 350 Sonoma

  • LITE Initiatives

  • Mendocino County Public Banking Coalition

  • Public Bank Pomona Valley

  • Sanctuary Santa Cruz | Santuario Santa Cruz

  • Sonoma County Pachamama Alliance

  • Building the Base Face to Face

  • Independent Indivisible (INDI2)

  • Indivisible CA-37

Cities and Counties

 
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Close the Gap: A Community Call to Close the Racial Wealth and Financial Access Divide

Virtual Town Hall: Closing the Racial Wealth & Financial Access Gap

On May 18th, California Assemblymembers Santiago, Wicks, and Chiu joined financial services access advocates, and unbanked and underbanked Californians in a town hall to discuss how expanding financial services access can help close the racial wealth gap.