HUGE WINS 🔥The CalAccount Program #AB1365 cleared its first two hurdles: Assembly Banking & Finance and today in Labor & Employment. Momentum is building toward a future where every Californian can access a safe, zero-fee public banking option that actually works for us.

quote of Sandra Jauregui “I’m going to keep fighting for a fair paycheck, that puts me in a situation where these fees won’t be so harmful for me and my family, but until then – for everyone else going through what I’m going through now - the amount CalAccount would save my family will make a big difference.”

CalAccount would be the nation’s first state-backed fee- and penalty-free basic banking program that would be available to all.

CalAccount would save Californians overdraft fees, account maintenance fees, ATM fees, money order fees, and check cashing fees. #AB1365 #CALeg

IT'S HAPPENING: The California Assembly Labor Committee has PASSED #AB1365, bringing us one step closer to making CalAccount a reality.

This comes after Monday's passage out of the Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance
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#AB1365 - Too many Californians are locked out of basic banking and forced into predatory check-cashing scams. AB 1365 creates #CalAccount zero-fee, zero-penalty banking for all. No more payday traps. Just economic empowerment.

Everyone deserves access to safe, affordable financial services. The Assembly Banking Committee's approval of #AB1365 & #CalAccount offers a lifeline, moving #California closer to ensuring everyone has access to essential financial services. #ProtectConsumers #Caleg #leg #AB1365 #YesOnAB1365

Today Sandra testified that CalAccount will provide Californians like her with access to a no-cost, penalty-free bank account.

#AB1365 #YesOnAB1365 #caleg

Eliminating Barriers to Bank Accounts: How CalAccount Can Ensure Financial Inclusion and Serve as a Model for Public Banking - Roosevelt Institute In a new analysis, Sarah Stoller and Raúl Chávez shed light on the multitude of barriers to financial system access in the case study of California through surveys and focus discussions while also ana...

Millions of Californians lack access to basic banking due to unnecessary barriers.

@rooseveltinstitute.org breaks down the importance of #AB1365

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Can not WAIT to create a fee free online public banking platform in California #AB1365
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Today is Rise Economy's 2025 Lobby Day!

We're in Sacramento alongside allies and members of our statewide coalition to speak directly to legislators about our fight to build a more equitable economy for CA communities.

#RELobbyDay25 #ResistReinvestRebuild #CRA4CA #AB801 #CalAccount #AB1365 #caleg

Eliminating Barriers to Bank Accounts: How CalAccount Can Ensure Financial Inclusion and Serve as a Model for Public Banking - Roosevelt Institute In a new analysis, Sarah Stoller and Raúl Chávez shed light on the multitude of barriers to financial system access in the case study of California through surveys and focus discussions while also ana...

IT’S OFFICIAL: A state-backed, no-fee, no-penalty account—is up for consideration in the California state legislature.

Read the @rooseveltinstitute.org ’s latest report on how the CA Treasurer’s CalAccount program could transform financial access in California. #AB1365 #CALeg
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