Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment

Fannie, Freddie, and the FHFA Holding The Line On Foreclosure Policies

Joel Sucher | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Federal Housing Finance Agency, Occupy Los Angelkes, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Arturo De Los Santos, Occupy Riverside, Freddie Mac, Offthebus, Fannie Mae, Foreclosures, Politics News
Joel Sucher

Fannie and Freddie never signed on to the Shaun Donovan-brokered agreement; now, along with their overseer and majordomo, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, executives at the "three F's" are hunkered down in the trenches, hands clamped over ears.

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Marine Fights Freddie Mac to Save His Home

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Charles Haldeman, National Public Radio, Freddie Mac, Propublica, Riverside, Service Employees International Union, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Military Families Speakout, Arturo De Los Santos, Jamie Dimon, Occupy Wall Street, Acce, Inland Congregations United for Change, Politics News
Peter Dreier

"I didn't do anything wrong. I'm doing this for my family and for the millions of other families in similar situations. We can't let the Wall Street banks and Freddie Mac get away with these kinds of practices."

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Teary-Eyed Success: Polluting Plant Relocates After Making Community Sick

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Polluted Schools Los Angeles, Elementary Schools Defeats Polluters, Chromium 6, Environmental Justice, Jan Perry, 28th Street Elementary, Environmental Justice Los Angeles, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Hexavalent Chromium, 28th Street Elementary Polluting Plant, Palace Plating, Los Angeles News

The South Los Angeles 28th Street Elementary School community has been fighting for eight years to close down the polluting plant that was making thei...

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Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Dick Armey, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Occupy La, Service Employees International Union, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Occupy Wall Street, Moveon, Eric Cantor, Rose Gudiel, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Many observers view this new phenomenon as the progressive counterpart to the Tea Party. There are some important similarities and some significant differences. Here are some key points of comparison.

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Steve Mnuchin, Meet Rose Gudiel

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: SFM Capital Management, City Harvest, Annual Practical Magic Ball, Jennifer Love Hewitt, OneWest Bank, Rose Gudiel, Fdic, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board, Goldman Sachs, Maria Bello, Mariska Hargitay, Robert E. Mnuchin, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Riverdale Country School, Indymac, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Whitney Museum, TriBeCa Ball, Heather Mnuchin, Service Employees International Union, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Museum of the City of New York, Dune Capital, New York Academy of the Arts, Southhampton Hospital, Steve Mnuchin, Hilary Swank, Kathy and Rick Hilton, Debra Messing, Acce, Los Angeles? Museum of Contemporary Art., Joyful Heart Foundation, Blair Underwood, Seiu, Business News
Peter Dreier

Gudiel would like Mnuchin to visit her at her home, because his OneWest Bank is trying to evict her and her family. If Mnuchin won't come to visit Gudiel, she will visit him, and bring some of her neighbors and friends with her.

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California Homeowners Mount a Growing Protest Movement Against Foreclosures

Peter Dreier | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Refund California, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Banks, California Community Reinvestment Coalition, California Foreclosures, Home Foreclosures, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Rose Gudiel is on the front lines of a growing protest movement to stop banks from foreclosing on families victimized by the economic crisis and abusive banking practices.

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How to Lose Your Home: Curing My Perception Deficiency

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Home Defenders League, Housing Crisis, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, San Francisco News
Alex Brant-Zawadzki

On Tuesday I got a phone call from my buddy Guillermo. "Hey man," he said, "You should come down to the Attorney General's office this afternoon. Some...

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The Most Important Report of the Next Two Years

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Banks Bonus Bonanza, Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, Banking Reform, Wall Street, Pico, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Seiu, Politics News
Mike Lux

The Big Banks Bonus Bonanza report makes the case strongly for an economic play that would give the country a far bigger economic boost than anything Obama is going to be able to get out of Congress in the next two years.

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Los Angeles Homeowners Take to the Streets to Protest Foreclosure Abuses

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Protest, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Citigroup, Banks, Acce, Pico, National Peoples Action, Seiu, La Impact, Los Angeles News
Peter Dreier

A David vs. Goliath battle is developing this holiday season between hard-working families facing foreclosure and banking giants such as Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase.

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Showdown on Wall Street and K Street

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Goehl, JP Morgan/Chase, Heather Booth, Citigroup, Gerald Taylor, Bank Reform, Stephen Lerner, Lloyd Blanfein, Wells Fargo, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Areas Foundation, Afl-Cio, John Stumpf, Financial Services Roundtable, National Peoples Action, Barack Obama, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Americans for Financial Reform, Acorn, Morgan Stanely, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Center for Responsible Lending, Protest, Gordon Whitman, Pico, Pew Economic Policy Group, Seiu, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Organizers believe that the recent victory on health care reform will help propel a similar movement to take on banking giants.

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