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Banking Development Districts

To promote local economic development, California policymakers should
create Banking Development Districts, a proven way to connect
lower-income unbanked Californians with the financial products and
services they need to enter the financial mainstream and begin to build
savings and assets. It is modeled after New York State’s successful
Banking Development District program.

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Olivia Calderon

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