1916 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
USA
We want to hear from the East Bay public banking community (that would be you) about branding our future bank. Are we building a Public Bank of Oakland or a Public Bank of the East Bay? More than a name is at issue. When we talk with people who are just finding out about our bank’we can focus on Oaklandâ€s early leadership and central role—or we can emphasize all the stake-holding jurisdictions, including Berkeley, Richmond, and Alameda County.
We hope you’ll bring your thoughts to our next meeting on Monday. If you can’t make it, please do email us at contact@friendsofpublicbankofoakland.org. Help keep the “public” in our public bank!
Oakland City Council will discuss creating our local public bank. To review: On September 11, the four-member finance committee looked at the feasibility study, heard from the community, and decided to send the whole matter to the full Council. Now, to make sure the Council keeps moving forward, we need to show up once more. Please attend if you can; we’ll be there with t-shirts and signs for you.
City Council Meeting
Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 6:30pm
Oakland City Hall, third floor
Behind the scenes
Progress toward making our bank a reality can seem maddeningly slow, but it’s happening, even when there are no big headlines. For example, members of the California Public Banking Alliance, including FPBO folks, recently met with the state’s Department of Business Oversight. DBO is key; they’re the ones who issue the licenses for financial institutions in our state.