{"id":44610,"date":"2025-10-19T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=44610"},"modified":"2025-10-19T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:27:10","slug":"san-francisco-public-bank-coalition-moves-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/san-francisco-public-bank-coalition-moves-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Public Bank Coalition Moves Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/a>San Francisco Public Bank Coalition Moves Ahead<\/strong>
The San Francisco Public Bank Coalition<\/a> is preparing to put a measure on the 2026 ballot<\/strong> that would create the nation\u2019s first municipal bank<\/strong> in the city. Supporters hope that such an institution could provide lower-cost lending for affordable housing<\/strong>, small businesses<\/strong>, and green infrastructure<\/strong>. A recently released poll shows 67 %<\/strong> of likely San Francisco voters are in favor of the idea.
 
The push comes after legal barriers<\/a> to forming a public bank have largely cleared, giving organizers confidence to move forward. The coalition argues that the city\u2019s pressing housing crisis and funding gaps make such a bank especially timely. They envision it as a tool for public investment and local economic resilience.
 
However, creation of a municipal bank would still face political, logistical, and regulatory challenges<\/a>. Backers will need to craft ballot language, build civic support, and ensure compliance with banking oversight. If successful, San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to adopt such a model.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Public Banking Institute) San Francisco Public Bank Coalition Moves AheadThe San Francisco Public Bank Coalition is preparing to put a measure on the 2026 ballot that would create the nation\u2019s first municipal bank in the city. Supporters hope that such an institution could provide lower-cost lending for affordable housing, small businesses, and green infrastructure. A recently released poll shows 67… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44610"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44612,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44610\/revisions\/44612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}