Endorsements & Support

 
Over 100 local, state, and national organizations support the creation of the Public Bank of Los Angeles (PBLA). Show your support for a more equitable and sustainable financial system that prioritizes the needs of our communities over the profits of Wall Street by endorsing our efforts. Together, we can work towards building a brighter future for all.

Organizational Endorsement Form.

• Academy of Fashion Arts and Sciences
• Africa Town Coalition
• Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA)
• Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
• American Indian Movement Southern California
• American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
• American Postal Workers Union Local 2620
• Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
• Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council
• Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)
• Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, Assembly District 53
• Atwater Village Neighborhood Council
• Bernie Sanders Brigade
• Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council
• California Public Banking Alliance
• California Reinvestment Coalition
• California State Democratic Party
• Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council
• Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council
• Circle of Collaborative Communities
• Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
• Climate Hawks Vote
• Coalition for Economic Survival
• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
• Communications Workers of America (CWA) National
• Communications Workers of America District 9
• Congresswoman Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative 43rd District
• Council For Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) – LA Chapter
• Courage Campaign
• Crenshaw Subway Coalition
• Democratic Socialists of America-Los Angeles (DSA-LA)
• Democrats of Pasadena Foothills
• Divest Invest
• Divest LA
• Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
• East Area Progressive Democrats
• East Hollywood Neighborhood Council
• Echo Park Neighborhood Council
• Empowerment Congress North Area NDC
• Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council
• Fannie Lou Hamer Institute
• Feel the Bern Democratic Club, Los Angeles
• First Unitarian Church Los Angeles
• Food & Water Watch
• Former LA City Council President Herb Wesson
• Fossil Free California
• Friends of the Earth U.S.
• Green Party of Los Angeles County
• Ground Game LA
• Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
• Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council
• Inclusive Action for the City
• Idle No More
• Indivisible CA 
• Indivisible Green Team
• Inquilinos Unidos
• Investing in Place
• Korean American Democratic Committee Labor
• Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
• LA County Federation of Labor
• LA Forward
• LA Voice
• Labor Network for Sustainability
• Little Tokyo Service Center
• Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez
• Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP)
• Los Angeles County Young Democrats
• Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
• Mid City WEST Neighborhood Council
• National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) – Branch 24
• North Hollywood Northeast
• North Valley Democratic Club
• Our Revolution – National
• Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
• Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
• Palms Neighborhood Council
• Pasadena Mennonite Church
• People for Mobility Justice (PMJ)
• Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA)
• Progressive Democratic Club
• Public Bank Long Beach
• Public Bank Pomona Valley
• Public Banking Institute
• Regenerative Communities
• Represent Us: Los Angeles-San Gabriel Valley chapter
• Reseda Neighborhood Council
• Revolution LA
• San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
• San Pedro Democratic Club
• Santa Monica Democratic Club
• SBPA Public Banking Action Team
• SEIU 721
• Self-Help Federal Credit Union
• Silver Lake Neighborhood Council
• SoCal 350
• South Bay Progressive Alliance (SPBA)
• South Central Farm
• Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing (SCANPH)
• Stonewall Democratic Club
• Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
• Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education – SCOPE
• Sunrise Movement LA
• Thai Community Development Center
• The Democracy Collaborative
• Trust for Public Land
• UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 – UCLA Unit
• UNITE HERE 11
• United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770 
• United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
• United Way Los Angeles
• Urban Soil/ Tierra Urbana
• West LA Young Democrats

   
  
  

  MEASURE B (2018) POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS

  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
  • National and Local 2620 American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
  • Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
  • Assemblymember Laura Friedman, AD 43
  • Carolyn Fowler, Vice Chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
  • Carrie Scoville, Assembly District 70 Delegate
  • California State Democratic Party
  • Coalition for Economic Survival (CES)
  • CA Democratic Party Region 12
  • Communications Workers of America (CWA) National
  • Communications Workers of America District 9
  • Congresswoman Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district
  • Darrell Park, California Democratic Party Delegate
  • Deana Igelsrud, Executive Board, LACDP and California Democratic Party
  • Democrats of Pasadena Foothills
  • East Area Progressive Democrats
  • Feel the Bern Democratic Club, Los Angeles
  • Gayle McLaughlin, Former Mayor of Richmond
  • Green Party of Los Angeles County
  • Herb Wesson, LA City Council President
  • Jon Katz, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club
  • Julian Burger, President, Progressive Democratic Club Los Angeles
  • Kevin McKeown, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica
  • Korean American Democratic Committee Labor
  • Council For Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) - LA Chapter
  • Labor Network for Sustainability
  • Lauren Meister, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
  • Lindsey Horvath, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
  • Logan Smith, Executive Board Member, Demcoratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
  • Los Angeles County Democratic Party
  • Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
  • Mac Shorty, Vice Chairman, Watts Neighborhood Council
  • Mark Gonzalez, Chair - Los Angeles County Democratic Party
  • Michael Barth, President, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
  • Mike Bonin, LA City Councilmember
  • Movement for a People's Party
  • National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) - Branch 24
  • Nestor Enrique Valencia, Councilmember, City of Bell
  • North Valley Democratic Club
  • Our Revolution - National
  • Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
  • Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
  • Paul Koretz, LA City Councilmember
  • Progressive Democratic Club
  • Ray Bishop, Commissioner, Los Angeles County Small Business Commission
  • Represent Us: Los Angeles-San Gabriel Valley chapter
  • San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
  • San Pedro Democratic Club
  • SBPA Public Banking Action Team
  • Sean McMorris, Chapter Leader, Represent Us: LA-San Gabriel Valley Chapter
  • Senator Kevin de León, President pro Tempore of the California State Senate
  • South Bay Progressive Alliance (SPBA)
  • Stonewall Democratic Club
  • Tina Fredericks, President Democrats of Pasadena Foothills
  • UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 - UCLA Unit
  • United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
  • West LA Democratic Club Young 

  
  
  MEASURE B (2018) ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS

  • Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
  • Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
  • Democratic Socialists of America-Los Angeles (DSA-LA)
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
  • Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
  • Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA)
  • Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing (SCANPH)
  • Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
  • LA Forward
  • Food & Water Watch
  • Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
  • Courage Campaign
  • LA Voice
  • Revolution LA
  • Bernie Sanders Brigade
  • Self-Help Federal Credit Union
  • Ground Game LA
  • Commonomics USA
  • Public Banking Institute 
  • Idle No More 
  • American Indian Movement Southern California
  • Divest LA
  • SoCal 350
  • First Unitarian Church Los Angeles
  • Inquilinos Unidos
  • People for Mobility Justice (PMJ)
  • FB Church of Maywood
  • Investing in Place
  • Pasadena Mennonite Church
  • Regenerative Communities
  • Fannie Lou Hamer Institute
  • Coalition for Economic Survival
  • Thai Community Development Center
  • Trust for Public Land
  • Little Tokyo Service Center
  • Divest Invest
  • Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education - SCOPE
  • Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)
  • Independent California
  • Urban Soil/ Tierra Urbana
  • South Central Farm
  • Crenshaw Subway Coalition
  • Circle of Collaborative Communities
  • Progressive Asian Network for Action
  • Climate Hawks Vote
  • Friends of the Earth U.S.
  • Fossil Free California

   

  MEASURE B (2018) COMMUNITY LEADER ENDORSEMENTS

  • Thomas Runnion, Vice President, Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9
  • Xochitl Covarrubias, Chief of Staff of United Steelworkers, Local 675 and LCLAA
  • Katherine Isaac, American Postal Workers Union
  • Jim Sauber, Chief of Staff, National Association of Letter Carriers - Branch 24
  • Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Senior Pastor, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
  • Bill McKibben, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, 350.org
  • Tony Gamboa, President, United Firefighters of Los Angeles City
  • Craig Lally, President, Los Angeles Police Protective League
  • RL Miller, President, Climate Hawks Vote, Chair - California Democratic Party Environmental Caucus
  • Ellen Brown, Chair, Public Banking Institute
  • Marc Armstrong, President, Commonomics USA
  • Sarah Brennan, Senior Vice President, Self-Help Federal Credit Union
  • Cara Robin, President, West LA Democratic Club
  • Richard Mathews, President, North Valley Democratic Club
  • Ada Valiente, Senior Pastor, FB Church of Maywood
  • Jessica Meaney, Executive Director, Investing in Place
  • Laura Raymond, Director, Alliance for Community Transit - Los Angeles (ACT-LA)
  • Cat Yang, Program Associate, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
  • Río Oxas, Programs and Policy Organizer, People for Mobility Justice (PMJ)
  • Luis R Cabrales, Executive Director, Inquilinos Unidos
  • Donna Sider, Pasadena Mennonite Church
  • Tim Kornegay, Justice Transformation organizer, L.A. Voice
  • Baba Akili, Fannie Lou Hammer Institute
  • Cynthia Liu, CEO, K-12 News Network
  • Deborah Silvey, Board Chair, Fossil Free California
  • Lorenzo Riley, Field Rep, Swing the Seven
  • Stephanie, Knapik, Climate Reality Leader, Los Angeles Climate Reality Project
  • Joe Donlin. Associate Director, SAJE (Strategic Actions for a Just Economy)
  • Logan Smith, City Council Candidate, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
  • Leah Herzberg, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
  • Jerilyn Stapleton, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
  • Doris Dent, Executive Board Member, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
  • Loraine Lundquist, Executive Board Alternate, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
  • Dorothy Reik, President, Progressive Democrats of The Santa Monica Mountains
  • Larry Gross, Executive Director, Coalition for Economic Survival (CES)
  • Yunni Li, Head Steward, UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 - UCLA Unit
  • Joe Uehlein, President, Labor Network for Sustainability