Kamala Harris

Matt Sledge

In State AG Campaigns, Foreclosure Often The Missing Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Beau Biden, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, State Attorneys General, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, Bob Ferguson, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Regulation, Foreclosure Settlement, Kathleen Kane, Politics News

NEW YORK -- The nation's attorneys general flexed their legal muscles earlier this year when they signed off on a $25 billion national mortgage settle...

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Ben Hallman

Shocker: $25 Billion Mortgage Settlement Expires

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure, National Mortgage Settlement, Citigroup, Business News

The promises made by five of the nation's largest banks under the much-ballyhooed $25 billion mortgage settlement have a surprisingly short shelf life...

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Aaron Sankin

A Major Setback For Kamala Harris

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Homeowner Bill of Rights, Mortgage Settlement, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Kamala Harris Foreclosures, Mortgage Fraud, Kamala Harris Homeowner Bill of Rights, San Francisco Foreclosure Report, Kamala Harris Bills, California Homeowner Bill of Rights, Video, San Francisco News

For the nearly two years that Kamala Harris has been California's Attorney General, she has made the fight against fraudulent foreclosures her signatu...

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California Tells Debt Buyers to "Prove It"

Bill Bartmann | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Richard Cordray, Senator Mark Leno Fair Debt Buyer Practices Act, California Department of Consumer Affairs, Kamala Harris, California Debt, California, California Debt Laws, Business News
Bill Bartmann

State Senator Mark Leno has sponsored Senate Bill 890, also known as the "Fair Debt Buyer Practices Act." If signed into law, it will correct injustices that Californians have endured for years.

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California AG: Let's Make Sure Lending Abuse 'Will Never Happen Again'

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Fraud, Foreclosures, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Freddie Mac, Mortgage, California, Kamala Harris, President Barack Obama, Reuters, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Homeowner Bill or Rights, Business News

* Kamala Harris continues fight against lenders * Six bills to protect borrowers from mortgage fraud * Follows settlemen...

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Ben Hallman

Pressure Mounts On This Man

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Principal Reduction, Edward Demarco, Federal Housing Finace Authority, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, Fhfa, Loan Write-Downs, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

Having failed to get Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on board helping struggling homeowners in California, Attorney General Kamala Harris is trying a new t...

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Why The AG Settlement Is Good For Communities Of Color

Janet Murguía | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Latinos, Kamala Harris, Attorneys General, Blacks, Nclr, National Council of La Raza, Foreclosure, Bank of America Foreclosures, National Urban League, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News
Janet Murguía

State Attorneys General (AG) arrived at a $25 billion agreement with mortgage servicers in response to the "robosigning" scandal that broke 18 months ago.

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Loren Berlin

Holdout States Massachusetts, New York, California, Delaware Reveal Their Share Of Foreclosure Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Kamala Harris, Eric Schneiderman, Robo-Signing, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Mortgage Fraud, Foreclosure, National Foreclosure Settlement, Citigroup, Martha Coakley, Business News

The five states that most actively resisted a settlement with banks over charges of widespread mortgage fraud announced their cut of the nationwide de...

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Loren Berlin

National Mortgage Settlement All But Inevitable As California, New York Join Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Eric-Schneiderman-Attorney-General, Video, National Mortgage Deal, Kamala Harris, Eric Schneiderman, Robosigning, Business News, Kamala Harris Attorney General, Housing News, National Mortgage Settlement, Business News

A settlement between the nation's largest banks and the government over allegations of widespread mortgage fraud could come as early as Thursday, capp...

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California And New York Mulling Signing On To National Mortgage Deal

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Video, National Mortgage Deal, Mortgage Settlement, Kamala Harris, California Mortgage Settlement, Robo-Signing, Eric Schneiderman, Business News, Kamala Harris Attorney General, National Mortgage Settlement, Business News

WASHINGTON — California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing a de...

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Why the RFK Assassination Case Must Be Reopened

Mikko Alanne | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Robert Kennedy Assassination, Lapd, Kamala Harris, Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan Parole, Armchair Detective, Crime News
Mikko Alanne

One need not entertain strange-sounding theories about Sirhan Sirhan acting under mind control to acknowledge that there are very serious and disquieting discrepancies in the forensic evidence of the case that must be resolved.

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Real Mortgage Reform Will Also Create Jobs

Austin Beutner | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Kamala Harris, California Mortgage Settlement, Mortgage Crisis, Kamala Harris Attorney General, Caljob, Los Angeles Unemployment, Los Angeles News
Austin Beutner

California Attorney General Kamala Harris did right to re-open the talks demanding compensation from the nation's largest banks that admittedly engaged in unscrupulous mortgage and foreclosure practices.

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Loren Berlin

California Still Not Joining National Mortgage Settlement

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Financial Fraud, Subprime Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, National Mortgage Deal, Housing, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, Housing Crisis, Business News

One day after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was named co-chairman of a federal mortgage fraud task force, California Attorney General Ka...

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Loren Berlin

Frustrated Attorneys General Hold Secret Meetings On Foreclosures

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, JPMorgan Chase, Beau Biden, Kamala Harris, Robo-Signing, Robo-Signers, Eric Schneiderman, Wells Fargo, Robosigning, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure, Citigroup, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

Attorneys general or representatives from nearly 15 states met in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to discuss and share different enforcement options and ...

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Infamous 'Sanctuary City' Triple Murder Trial Begins This Week

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Trial, Shooting, Edwin Ramos, Kamala Harris, Sanctuary City Sf, Sanctuary City, Sanctuary City San Francisco, Ms-13, Edwin Ramos Murder, Edwin Ramos San Francisco, Edwin Ramos Sf, Gavin Newsom, Edwin Ramos Trial, Illegal Immigrant, Undocumented Immigrant, Tony Bologna, San Francisco, Tony Bologna San Francisco, San Francisco News

Jury selection began today in the triple murder trial of an undocumented immigrant whose story ignited a firestorm of controversy around San Francisco...

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Mr. President, Stop Protecting Bankers From These Law Enforcement Officials

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Curbing Wall Street, Bank Fraud, Tom Miller, Beau Biden, Foreclosure Settlement, Bank Crimes, Kamala Harris, Jack Conway, Catherine Cortez Masto, Eric Schneiderman, Martha Coakley, Foreclosure Fraud, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Lately we've been hearing some strong words from the President about Wall Street crime. But when the cameras and lights aren't around, his Administration's been working feverishly to protect bankers from state law enforcement officials.

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Feminism and the Powers of Destruction and Creation

Tanene Allison | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Disruptive Innovation, Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris Attorney General Kamala Harris, Feminism, Occupy Wall Street, Disruptive Technology, Women News
Tanene Allison

It is not oppositional for a woman to be strong and fierce and to attack what is bad and to also be a creative force of beauty and new realities.

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California Attorney General Harris goes after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Janis Bowdler | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: National Council of La Raza, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Freddie Mac, Kamala Harris, Housing Crisis, Ed DeMarco, Nclr, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News
Janis Bowdler

While it is too early to say what will come of the subpoena, Harris' attention to the role of Fannie and Freddie in stemming our foreclosure crisis is a breath of fresh air.

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Loren Berlin

California Arrests Two For Scamming Distressed Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Video, California AG, Loan Modifications, Foreclosure California, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Guardian Credit Services, Green Credit Solutions, Federal Trade Commission, Christopher Fox, Curtis Melone, Business News

Two owners of a Southern California-based loan modification company were arrested Tuesday on charges that they scammed thousands of distressed homeown...

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States Crafting Smaller U.S. Mortgage Abuse Settlement, Excluding California

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Homeowners California, Video, Mortgage Settlement, California Foreclosure Settlement, California Mortgage Settlement, Kamala Harris, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

WASHINGTON (Aruna Viswanatha) - States are crafting a scaled-back mortgage abuses settlement with top U.S. banks that would exclude California, on...

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Little Help for Homeowners, Big Bonuses at Fannie and Freddie

Preeti Vissa | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Freddie Mac, Kamala Harris, Fhfa, #Occupywallstreet, Occupy Wall Street, Business News
Preeti Vissa

Why are top executives at government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac getting millions in bonuses while struggling homeowners get little or no help?

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California AG Subpoenas Fannie, Freddie Over Lending Practices

AP | By GREG RISLING | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fannie California, California Investigation, California AG, Video, Freddie Mac, Kamala Harris, Freddie Calfornia, Fannie Mae, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- California's attorney general has subpoenaed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac looking into their lending practices in the sta...

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California Deserves a Better Deal

Rep. Maxine Waters | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Mortgage, Kamala Harris, Foreclosure, Attorney General, Settlement, California, Politics News
Rep. Maxine Waters

The banks hope that we'll see all the zeros and think that they've actually given us something. But California Attorney General Kamala Harris is not buying it. Instead of pressuring Harris to go with the flow, the rest of the attorneys general should follow her lead.

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Kik Me Baby One More Time

Jane Buckingham | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Technology, Good Parenting, Parenting, KIK Messenger, Common Sense Media, Kamala Harris, Attorney General, Willow Bay, Los Angeles News
Jane Buckingham

I am a fan of technology for my children, and I love their iTouches and that they can FaceTime with grandparents in England, discover new music, do educational games, and yes, even entertain themselves sometimes. But KIKing. Kiking is killing me.

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Mike Sacks

California Attorney General Urges Fannie And Freddie Chief To 'Step Aside'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Beau Biden, Freddie Mac, Kamala Harris, Eric Schneiderman, Mortgage Crisis, Edward Demarco, Banks, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Underwater Mortgage, Politics News

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has called on the head of the agency that houses Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to "step aside" if he continues ...

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