{"id":26016,"date":"2023-04-19T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26016"},"modified":"2023-04-19T12:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:13:11","slug":"berkeley-city-council-approves-public-bank-east-bays-viability-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/berkeley-city-council-approves-public-bank-east-bays-viability-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley City Council approves Public Bank East Bay&#8217;s viability study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Public Banking Institute<\/strong>\u00a0(info@publicbankinginstitute.org)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcusercontent.com%2F1e32ea6ff727c01612aad3ae1%2Fimages%2F4e149b4e-410f-be2d-1673-2995096d7768.jpg&amp;t=1681931165&amp;ymreqid=3424e100-25d4-8d73-2f2c-5a07ab016800&amp;sig=cmG0i7FqIsYaYer4L9xbvg--~D\" width=\"564\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Berkeley City Council approves Public Bank East Bay&#8217;s viability study, joining&nbsp;Richmond and Oakland in the working group creating a public bank<\/strong>Public banking takes another key step forward in Northern California.&nbsp;<br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/publicbankinginstitute.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1e32ea6ff727c01612aad3ae1&amp;id=4bf2a33c7f&amp;e=2f2ed55557\">Public Bank East Bay<\/a>&nbsp;writes:On Tuesday, April 11 (really, really close to the first minutes of April 12), the&nbsp;<strong>Berkeley City Council approved Public Bank East Bay&#8217;s viability study and committed to join the working group<\/strong>&nbsp;that will hash out the details of how the bank will be formed and funded. This follows Richmond&#8217;s approval last spring (with additional resolutions toward the end of last year) and Oakland&#8217;s approval in December. The working group will include city finance people, elected officials, city attorneys, and public banking advocates, including some of our stellar Bank Board candidates.<br><br>This is a historic moment, and there&#8217;s even more good news! The week before the Berkeley vote, we had our first opportunity to present to the&nbsp;<strong>Alameda County Board of Supervisors<\/strong>, who showed a lot of interest, asked good questions, and helped us craft a path forward. Alameda County Treasurer Henry Levy, a supporter of the Bank, will also be invited to working group discussions, providing participation from all four prospective founding members.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Banking Institute\u00a0(info@publicbankinginstitute.org) Berkeley City Council approves Public Bank East Bay&#8217;s viability study, joining&nbsp;Richmond and Oakland in the working group creating a public bankPublic banking takes another key step forward in Northern California.&nbsp; Public Bank East Bay&nbsp;writes:On Tuesday, April 11 (really, really close to the first minutes of April 12),&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/berkeley-city-council-approves-public-bank-east-bays-viability-study\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/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":[437],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26017,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26016\/revisions\/26017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}