Trinity Tran

Trinity Tran is the co-founder and Executive Director of the California Public Banking Alliance (CPBA) and Public Bank Los Angeles (PBLA), organizing to move public money out of Wall Street banks and build public banking as civic infrastructure so taxpayer dollars are reinvested locally in affordable housing, small businesses, and climate resilience. After the 2016 election, she launched Divest LA and co-founded Public Bank LA, helping set the stage for Measure B (2018), the first U.S. voter referendum on a city-owned public bank. In 2019, she led the statewide coalition that passed the California Public Banking Act, the first law of its kind in the nation, with regulations finalized in 2022. She also helped pass CalAccount, a no-fee public banking option designed to reach more than 7 million unbanked and underbanked Californians and now works with the State Treasurer and community partners on its rollout. From 2020 to 2024, she led Urban Partners Los Angeles, launching an emergency food bank that delivered more than 270,000 grocery boxes during COVID-19. Trinity was named Woman of the Year by the California State Legislature in 2021, and her pandemic response work was recognized in the United States Congressional Hall of Records. In 2026, she is leading a coalition to expand California’s IBank into a state-owned public bank.