Program Links
Featured Publications
- The Assets Report 2008
A Review, Assessment, and Forecast of Federal Assets Policy - The Assets Agenda 2007
Policy Options to Promote Savings and Asset Ownership by Low- and Moderate-Income Americans - State Policy Options
Asset-Building Initiatives and Experiments From Our Laboratories of Democracy
Asset Ownership and Policy in California
The New America Foundation and the Asset Policy Initiative of California, in association with Assemblymembers Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and Ted Gaines (R-Roseville), recently launched the Bipartisan Asset Policy Forum, including a luncheon speaker series designed to educate policymakers, legislative staff and advocates on asset-building issues affecting Californians.
More information about our next discussion, "Assets and Opportunity," is available here.
Legislation
2007-2008 Legislative Session:
- Senate Bill 752 Creating a California Kids Account for Every Child
- Assembly Bill 167 The CalWORKs Savings Act
- Assembly Bill 1502 Establish Banking Development Districts
- Assembly Bill 1693 The Refund to Savings Act
- Assembly Bill 2123 The California Financial Literacy Initiative
- Assembly Bill 2368 The CalWORKs Mobility Initiative
- Assembly Bill 2940: California Employee Savings Program (CalESP)
- Assembly Joint Resolution 59: California Subprime Mortgage Foreclosure Resolution
2005-2006 Legislative Session:
- AB 2466 Reforming the CalWORKs Asset Limit (Signed into Law)
- AB 2439 Split Refunds/Savings Bill (Signed into Law)
Articles
| Article | Date |
|---|---|
| Wheels Versus Welfare | June 19, 2008 |
| The People’s IPO | January 2, 2007 |
| Can California Import a British Plan? | July 31, 2006 |
| Presto! Tax Return Becomes a Nest Egg | April 14, 2006 |
| California Should Improve Awareness of EITC Refund | April 13, 2006 |
| A New Way to Help California's Poor | February 3, 2006 |
| California Schemin' | January 8, 2006 |
| The Un-Banked | October 2, 2005 |
| Joining the 'Ownership Society' | April 10, 2005 |
| IRS Should Help Us Bank Our Refunds | March 30, 2005 |
Policy Papers
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Golden Dream Accounts | May 2008 |
| Financial Services Corps | April 2008 |
| The California Assets and Transaction Account | February 2008 |
| Eliminating the CalWORKS Asset Limit | February 2007 |
| Expanding Homeownership in California | February 2007 |
| Promoting Tax Time Saving | February 2007 |
| California Kids Accounts | February 2007 |
| Banking Development Districts | February 2007 |
| Refund Splitting | February 2006 |
| A Financial Jump Start for CalWorks Recipients | January 2006 |
Events
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| CA Event: Microenterprise Development | July 21, 2008 |
| CA Event: Expanding Savings and Retirement Security | May 21, 2008 |
| CA Event: Financial Literacy - Need, Strategy, Opportunity | April 17, 2008 |
| CA Event: Banking the Unbanked | March 26, 2008 |
| California Event: The Savings Crisis | February 14, 2008 |
| California's California | January 31, 2008 |
| California Event: The Mortgage Crisis in California | November 19, 2007 |
| California Event: Asset Policy 101 | August 29, 2007 |
Press
San Francisco Launches Initiative to Help the 'Unbanked'
New America Fellow Anne Stuhldreher played a lead role in conceiving and implementing this innovative program to bring San Francisco's 'unbanked' into the financial mainstream. More
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Savings Bill
New America-inspired legislation gives Californians more control over tax refunds... more
