i think when you look at what these current wall street banks invest in, bampg of america poured 14 billion into fossil fuels, and the taxpayer. so when you factor in the externalalities, it's too expensive not to do a bank? so yeah, i'm just really excited. i think we need an all hands on deck approach, just like the golden state warriors approach, pass to whoever's open, but let's get this ank thu. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, curtis. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is trevor martin and a member of the berniecrats and public bank coalition. i would also want to commend everyone on their work on a public bank. thank you everyone at the treesher treasurer's office. i'd like to say i'm glad they've moved past the feasibility question. everyone says it's feasible, but a question of good policy, i don't think there's a question of whether it's good policy. mr. brooks gave you numbers. i'll tell you what's not good policy, investing inu industries tre kaling and brutalizing our communs. you know, fossil fuel industry and the gun manufacturing industries, and the prison indus

we have put together a task force to look at the feasibility of san francisco starting a municipal bampg. it -- bank. it's going to be about a six month process. we brought people together in february . it's going to run till august. we have people who are active in racial and social justice, in banking. we have folks who have operated banks in the local interest, which are community friendly credit unions and banks. we have some people who know about bank formation and we have a lot of government officials who just sort of know a lot about how the city works. so a little bit about process. we meet once a month, and in between meetings, members of the treasurer's office including me sort of, you know, develop plans and research and sort of go in front of the task force with some different proposals? and also, we're constantly meeting with members of the public and advocates and subject matter experts in other jurisdictions. and i should just also add in a thank you to the board of supervisors for funding this project because it is funding my salaries and also some salaries for consultant