Endorsements & Support

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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
  • 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)
  • 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