Ellen Brown

She ran for California Treasurer in the California June 2014 Statewide Primary election.

• Name — Ellen Brown • Born — 15 September 1945 • Birthplace — Pleasanton, California, U.S. • Occupation — author, activist, attorney • Genre — nonfiction, economics, medicine, public policy • Notable Works — Web of Debt, The Public Bank Solution • Website — http: ellenbrown.com/

She attended law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was Book Review Editor of the UCLA Law Review and obtained her J.D. in January 1978. Her law review article, "Restrictions on Alternative Medical Practitioners in California: A Legal and Economic Analysis," published in the UCLA Law Review in 1977, was cited in the dissenting opinion in People v. Privitera, 23 Cal.3d 697 (Cal. 1979) by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird, who called it "an excellent and exhaustive review of case and statutory law" on alternative medicine. Brown was a civil litigation attorney in Los Angeles for ten years. In 2011, Brown founded the Public Banking Institute (PBI) to promote research and advocacy of public banks. In 2013, Brown published The Public Bank Solution, revisiting her arguments in Web of Debt, tracing the history of public banking, and discussing various options to implement it in the contemporary economy. She was chairman of the Public Banking Institute for most of the years from 2011 until 2025, when she retired. In October, 2013, her opinion piece on public banking, "Public Banks are Key to Capitalism", appeared in The New York Times. In 2013, Brown announced her candidacy for California State Treasurer on the Green Party ticket in the 2014 election. On December 27, 2013, the Green Party of California endorsed Brown's candidacy. Brown received 6.5% of the vote during the June primaries, putting her in third place among three candidates, and thus not qualifying her for the general election due to California's "top two" primary system.