By Oscar Perry Abello -- Next City
A groundswell of interest in public banking has advocates pondering how city-owned banks could transform the way municipalities collect and spend their money.
It’s no surprise that Malia Cohen worries about what local public dollars are doing. As a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the municipal legislative body, it’s her job to know how, where and why the city’s money is coming in and going out. But recently, Cohen has joined a growing number of public officials around the country who are wondering what happens in between — what happens when the money in the city coffers goes to sleep at night.
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