Who We Are

Friends of Public Banking Santa Rosa is comprised of an ad hoc group of concerned tax paying citizens. We recognize that our public tax and fee revenues are being deposited into private banks that are using our credit to further the interests of bank shareholders funding such things as dangerous fossil fuel projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline.

There is currently a Public Banking movement sweeping across this nation. Citizens are rising up and calling on their elected officials to divest from private banks, and invest in building transformative local living economies through the establishment of Public Banks.

We are calling on Santa Rosa to get on board, bring our money home and establish a Public Bank of Santa Rosa to partner with local banks and credit unions in providing affordable credit to fund small businesses, housing construction, student loans, public infrastructure and renewable energy programs.