California

REGULATING AGENCY: California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation; Office of Credit Unions

California State Capitol

  • Cloey Hewlett, Commissioner
  • Greg Young, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Division of Corporations and Financial Institutions
  • Purvi Patel, Deputy Commissioner of Credit Unions
  • Joni Kimbrell, Chief Examiner for the Office of Credit Unions
  • Website: dfpi.ca.gov/credit-unions

ACCREDITED: 1999

LEAGUE: California Credit Union League

  • Diana Dykstra, Leagues President/CEO
  • Website: ccul.org

PRIVATE SHARE INSURANCE: YES


2024 STATS 
  • Largest SCU: THE GOLDEN 1 CU $20.49B in assets
  • Largest FCU: SCHOOLSFIRST FCU $30.6B in assets
First Quarter 2024 SCUs FCUs Total CUs % of SCUs/Total
Total Credit Unions 113 146 259 43.63%
Credit Union Members 8.25M 5.62M 13.86M 59.49%
Credit Union Assets $170B $129B $299B 56.82%

FUN FACT

The first movie theater opened in in Los Angeles in 1902. In 1947 Norma Jean was crowned Castroville’s first Artichoke Queen. She would become Marilyn Monroe


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