CRC Staff Reflect on 2022

December 16, 2022 by

It was another busy year for CRC. In 2022, CRC and its allies negotiated more than $80 billion in Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) for California, passed AB 1837, the Homes in Community Hands Act, equipped dozens of mid- and senior-level employees with racial and economic justice advocacy skills, and…

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Gonzalez-Brito leads discussion on the power of CDFIs

September 16, 2022 by Panelists speaking.

Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, CRC Chief Executive Officer, led a panel Thursday that brought together several Latine/x leaders of existing and emerging mission-driven financial organizations for a discussion on the importance of Community Development Financial Institutions in California communities. The panel discussion titled, “The Power of CDFIs,” was part of the…

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CRC Meets with regulators, policymakers for Advocacy Week

June 17, 2022 by

The California Reinvestment Coalition and several of its member organizations met with elected officials and representatives from financial regulatory agencies last week as part of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2022 Just Economy Conference Advocacy Week. Each year, CRC convenes a California delegation to meet with DC-based regulators and…

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Q&A: Cryptocurrency 101 with CRC Promotora

June 03, 2022 by Person purchasing Bitcoin

Combat banking discrimination. Reduce financial disparities. Push the need for broadband access.  Opportunities like this can come with learning more about how we can utilize and track the movement of cryptocurrency, a decentralized, deregulated form of investing in, buying and selling online currency.  Don’t worry, we’ve done the seemingly…

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CRC Executive Director Testifies in Support of Financial Institution Evaluation Bill

April 22, 2022 by

SB 1176 establishes a requirement that would enable the DFPI to evaluate the mortgage lending of financial institutions, creating greater equity in the financial industry. California Reinvestment Coalition Executive Director Paulina Gonzalez-Brito testified before the California Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee on Wednesday in support of SB 1176,…

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Timeline: U.S. Bank-Union Bank Merger Events

April 06, 2022 by

In November of 2021, the California Reinvestment Coalition officially opposed the proposed merger of U.S. Bank and Union Bank, which had been announced two months earlier. There has been a whirl of activity from CRC since. Take a look at the timeline below to recap more than six months…

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