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Aug 2018  Interesting article about the increasing popularity of public banks 

Aug 2018    Local finance company specializing in environmentally sound projects  In3finance.com

July 2018     Interesting Article on possible public bank in San Francisco

June 2018   Local Flier on Good/Bad Banks  Divest

May 2018 – Chase Bank Campaign

Of all the Big Banks CHASE is the WORST

Already the biggest financier of extreme fossil fuels on Wall Street, last year CHASE increased it’s fossil fuel investment by over $4 Billion

Did you know all major banks have investments in oil and pipeline projects?   more at http://www.defunddapl.org/

Check below and MOVE your money out.    Move it to a responsible local bank. Divest or close accounts at       Bank of America ,Wells Fargo, Chase, Citibank, USBANK, Comerica, TD Securities

Open at a good local bank       Bay Federal , Lighthouse Bank, Santa Cruz Community Credit Union, Santa Cruz County Bank, Bank of the West

Below photos from our May 7 , 2018 event in Santa Cruz

2017 Oct 23  Masaska Campaign

Great group met at Wells Fargo and later covered Chase and Bank of America. We delivered letters to the managers and passed out lots of flyers to customers with info on moving their money to banks which don’t support the fossil fuel industry,

11/1 great news – The Equator Banks publicly confirmed that they will “start a process of updating the Equator Principles” with a special focus on the “important implications of the Paris Agreement” and “application of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in different jurisdictions”.   read more at  http://divestinvest.org

Support Public Banking

Recent studies show Public banks are Safer, less corrupt, more efficient and profitable for local governments and economies, less vulnerable to banking crises

Public Banking News Jan 2018

Both Michigan and New Jersey have submitted bills proposing a state bank.  Read about it!

 Michigan:  http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/michigan_lawmakers_file_bi_partisan_bill_to_create_a_state_public_bank?utm_campaign=pbi_news180123&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pbi

NewJersey:  http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/gov_murphy_s_team_launches_nj_state_public_bank_bill_into_legislature?utm_campaign=pbi_news180123&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pbi

 Read “Why I Support Public Banking” by  Steve Pleich  atwww.pdclub.org/blog:pdclub/article/id/3910196

Articles posted Nov 9

The Public Bank Option – Safer, Local and Half the Cost

Ellen Brown’s opinion re the future of public banking and the election of Phil Murphy in New Jersey (Posted on November 4, 2017 by Ellen Brown)

https://ellenbrown.com/2017/11/04/the-public-bank-option-safer-local-and-half-the-cost/

CA Treasurer Chiang recommends feasibility study on a CA Public Bank to address cannabis banking  posted by PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE – Nov 07, 2017

http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/ca_treasurer_chiang_recommends_feasibility_study_on_a_ca_public_bank

Presentation and powerpoint on local movement 

Links with more details       PublicBankingInstitute.org              EllenBrown.com

DIVEST your Savings

Oil stocks are already dropping and may fall drastically in a “Carbon Bubble”. Invest to encourage positive changes, social and/or environmental.

Divestment campaigns helped to bring down South African Apartheid and influenced the Big Tobacco settlement. Now is the time to act to save the climate. Together we can influence the future

Resources

1. http://divestinvest.org
2. http://fossilfreefunds.org
3. https://www.banktrack.org/      – new group overseeing banks
4. http://www.firstaffirmative.com/ – advisors specializing in Sustainable options
5. In3finance.com  Local finance company specializing in environmentally sound projects