Sacramento packed the house for public banking!

Sacramento showed up in a big way with nearly 200 neighbors packing the room for the city’s first community town hall on public banking! A critical conversation right as housing costs and community needs keep climbing, and the usual funding sources aren’t keeping up.

Huge thanks to presenters Dr. Goli Sahba and Doug MacPherson; our panelists CPBA’s Executive Director Trinity Tran, former Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, Dr. Flo Cofer, and Mark Sawyer; and to moderator Chris Brown for guiding a lively and thoughtful conversation. We also touched on the need for a state public bank and CalAccount.

We’re grateful to Public Bank Sacramento, SacAct, Sacramento Climate Coalition, Third Act Sacramento, Parkside Community Church, Poor People’s Campaign Sacramento, and Sacramento Physicians for Social Responsibility for helping make the night happen.

And shout out to the community organizations who tabled and brought the energy: Third Act, Move to Amend, Poor People’s Campaign / Red Green Black Coalition, DSA, Sacramento Climate Coalition / Public Bank Sacramento, ReInvest Investing, 350 Sacramento, Social Justice Politicorps, Strong SacTown, SacAct, and CalCare.

Watch the event recording below: