because it is right.
carlos marroquin
published OCCUPY FIGHTS FORECLOSURES OPEN LETTER: Homeowners Bill of Rights Must Be a Strong Levee Against Coming Economic Tsunami in News
2012-06-25 03:03:34 -0700
OCCUPY FIGHTS FORECLOSURES OPEN LETTER: Homeowners Bill of Rights Must Be a Strong Levee Against Coming Economic Tsunami
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA RELEASE:WHO: Occupy Fights Foreclosures
WHAT: Open letter to California's State Senators and Assembly Members: Homeowners Bill of Rights Must Be a Strong Levee Against Coming Economic TsunamiLOS ANGELES—
June 24, 2012Dear California State Senators and Assembly Members,
We are Occupy Fights Foreclosures, a collection of foreclosure activists in Southern California who meet face to face with families who are suffering through intense trauma, fear and desperation trying to save their homes from the foreclosure machine.
Occupy Sacramento: Live Updates!
Live updates featuring everything about Occupy Sacramento on Monday June 25th, 2012, calling for Statewide Moratorium on Home Foreclosures Rally and March at California State Capitol by Foreclosure Fighters and all California Occupy protesters
carlos marroquin
published BREAKING NEWS - Press Conference to Celebrate Blanca's Return After Arrest and Deportation During Defense of Her Foreclosed Home in News
2012-06-23 11:43:00 -0700
BREAKING NEWS - Press Conference to Celebrate Blanca's Return After Arrest and Deportation During Defense of Her Foreclosed Home
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Carlos Marroquin (323) 592-4663
PRESS ADVISORY
WHO: Occupy Fights Foreclosures joins the Cardenas Family, Hermandad Mexicana, Buen Hogar Foundation and Community Leaders in a Press Conference
WHAT: Acknowledge the Justice Department for "doing the right thing" in the deportation of Blanca Cardenas— a mother with a young child— by ICE
WHEN: Friday, June 22, 2012 at 8:30pm
WHERE: 5557 Elmer Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91605
WHY: The U.S. Department of Justice has shown strong leadership good judgement by reversing a wrongful arrest by LAPD during unlawful eviction by the Sheriff's Departemnt on a fraudulently foreclosed home by Bank of America of a Mother deported by ICE.
PRESS RELEASE
COMMUNITY GROUPS THANKS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR 'DOING THE RIGHT THING'
Occupy LA’s Foreclosure Defense Group Responds to a Justice Department Decision on a Mother Deported after Foreclosure Fiasco
LOS ANGELES – Friday afternoon, Activists from Occupy Fights Foreclosures (OFF) will join the Cardenas Family, Hermandad Mexicana, Buen Hogar Foundation and Community Leaders in front of the foreclosed Cardenas home along with her family; husband Gerardo and her two children to thank the Justice Department for stepping up to do the right thing in a case of deportation that was rife with questionable activity by authorities.
carlos marroquin
published 84% of Foreclosures possibly illegal, Audit reveals in News
2012-06-15 02:40:54 -0700
84% of S.F. Foreclosures potentially illegal, Audit reveals
This entry is copied from a Reuters article for a record purpose, originally published By Tim Reid, LOS ANGELES |
Foreclosure abuse rampant across U.S., experts say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and officials who have done studies in other parts of the country.
Foreclosure Infographics 2012
Infographics on foreclosures locally and nationally are collected from the web. (*It may take a while to load this page due to many detailed diagrams.)
2012 Q2
in April, Los Angeles ranks 2nd highest for properties with foreclosure filings among 20 largest metro areas.
source: http://www.worldpropertychannel.com/north-america-residential-news/realtytrac-us-foreclosure-market-report-for-april-2012-foreclosure-filings-default-notices-scheduled-auctions-bank-repossessions-condo-foreclosures-bank-reo-sales-distressed-sales-5654.php
News
Letter to Kamala Harris
Posted by admin1 · May 23, 2013 12:46 PM · 1 reaction[Press Release] Homeowners and Occupy Fights Foreclosures Ask Attorney General Harris, "How Many Banks Have You Brought To Trial?"
Posted by admin1 · May 23, 2013 11:15 AM · 1 reactionWells Fargo: Show Me the Commitment!
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How to File a Title III Complaint
original copy availble at: http://www.ada.gov/t3compfm.htm
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
Disability Rights SectionHow to File a Title III Complaint
This is in response to your request for information on how to file a complaint under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Title III prohibits discrimination based on disability in public accommodations. Private entities covered by title III include places of lodging, establishments serving food and drink, places of exhibition or entertainment, places of public gathering, sales or rental establishments, service establishments, stations used for specified public transportation, places of public display or collection, places of recreation, places of education, social service center establishments, and places of exercise or recreation. Title III also covers commercial facilities (such as warehouses, factories, and office buildings), private transportation services, and licensing and testing practices.
Moratorium on Fraudulent Foreclosures in California
If you are concerned about the number of fraudulent foreclosures in California, please sign the petition below and share it with others. We will print and deliver these petitions to the appropriate parties when we have enough signatures.
48 SIGNATURESGOAL: 100 signaturesSave hardworking Californians' homes by declaring an immediate moratorium on all fraudulent foreclosures!
Prosecute bankers for system-wide mortgage and foreclosure fraud!
Banks foreclosed on 1.2 million homes in California since 2008, and up to 2 million homes are expected to be foreclosed upon by the end of 2012. As many as 84% of foreclosures had one or more clear violations of law, and over 66% had a four or more clear violations of law, as determined in a recent audit by Phil Ting, the San Francisco County Assessor-Recorder. In addition, states Mr. Ting, “Many of these actions, if not all of these actions, render many of these foreclosures invalid.” Dean Logan, the Los Angeles County Recorder, asserts that the illegal foreclosure actions, “(N)eed law enforcement."
- We petition the State Attorney General Kamala Harris to enact a moratorium on foreclosures.
- We petition District Attorneys to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the illegal bank activity.
- We petition State Legislators to enact legislation for a moratorium on foreclosures because of the illegal bank activity.
- We petition County Recorders to stop recording fraudulent foreclosure documents.
- We petition Sheriffs to immediately halt enforcement of all foreclosures because of the illegal bank activity
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carlos marroquin
published Fighting Foreclosures: Compassion in Action in Blog
2012-03-28 23:56:35 -0700
Fighting Foreclosures: Compassion in Action
Wednesday, January 4th was a long day for Rich, a ruddy-faced and Bronx-accented member of Occupy Los Angeles. There was an event planned that afternoon at the home of Faith Parker, a 78-year-old retired schoolteacher and mother facing foreclosure. The problem: Ms. Parker lived eleven miles away in South Central. Rich, 20 years homeless, rose early and began walking. “Sure, I could’ve bummed bus fare. But then you don’t get to see anything along the way,” he later told me.