[PAA-Discuss] FW: [ufpj-activist] FW: ReFund CA, in the streets & in the news
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From: ufpj-activist-bounces+leeloe=igc.org at lists.mayfirst.org [mailto:ufpj-activist-bounces+leeloe=igc.org at lists.mayfirst.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Fithian
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Subject: [ufpj-activist] FW: ReFund CA, in the streets & in the news
Here is a good summary and news clips of some of the actions and victories from the past week on the effort to Make Banks Pay!
We just pulled off an amazing launch to our Make Banks Pay campaign that is taking us into next year with a pro-active strategy to build the popular support, and win over the political support, for local and state policies that will hold big banks accountable, reduce foreclosures and raise revenue by making the rich and big corporations pay their fair share.
Read some highlights of this launch below, and stay tuned for the next steps of our campaign to ReFund California!
And watch this short video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqYdlAQVRFk
<https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6267/images/MBP-CaliPlaza-gathering2-111006.jpg> The last two weeks have been an avalanche of action by the ReFund California coalition. Here is an update of actions and events and media coverage:
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQqYdlAQVRFk> Watch this video capturing highlights by clicking here
This week, the action was in Los Angeles, just as the Occupy Wall Street movement propelled protests around the country. At <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=10&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbclosangeles.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FTeachers--Students-Hope-to-Teach-Banks-a-Lesson--130998953.html> Monday's teach-in inside the JPMorgan Chase Branch, over 100 teachers and students taught Chase bankers how Wall Street crashed the economy. Tuesday, over 100 people from the ReFund California campaign crashed the meeting of the California Bankers Association in upscale Orange County. The group managed to get into the hotel ballroom, took the stage at event and told the bankers that "it’s time for them to pay."
Rose Gudiel’s struggle has particularly galvanized the ReFund California coalition in Los Angeles. Rose is a member of both the community group ACCE and SEIU (Locals 1000 and UTLCW). Rose fell behind a few weeks on her payments after her brother was shot and killed. Her bank, OneWest refused to accept a payment and a rollercoaster of paperwork, bureaucracy and denial followed. Rose has the income to pay if OneWest and Fannie Mae would cooperate, but they refuse. So last week she announced that she is <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=11&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sgvtribune.com%2Fnews%2Fci_19001602> fighting her eviction by refusing to leave her home. She has been joined over the last week by family, neighbors and supporters ready to resist efforts by the LA County Sheriff’s Department to carry out the eviction.
But rather than wait, Rose and 100 people took action: they marched up the hill ( <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=12&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FaIWXeaWAHLI> watch video) to visit the $26 million Bel-Air home of <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=13&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fpeter-dreier%2Fsteve-mnuchin-meet-rose-g_b_992940.html> OneWest Chairman and profiteer Steve Mnuchin to demand that he stop her eviction and then went to the office of Fannie Mae, brought a negotiating table into the lobby, only to be refused. It was then that Rose, her disabled mother and 7 others took a stand and were arrested ( <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=14&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FlNAfvqkogIk> watch video).
Finally, yesterday, some 2,000 people marched through downtown LA in the culmination of the two weeks of action. Moving from California Plaza through Los Angeles’ financial district, the marchers occupied 7th and Figueroa while a contingent took over the Bank of America branch and tried to get them to cash a check for the $673 billion Wall Street owes Main Street. 11 people were arrested when they refused to leave after the branch rejected their request. <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=15&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbclosangeles.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FOccupy-LA-Arrests-Downtown-131290319.html>
Yesterday, in front of the entire crowd, Rose announced that her evicted notice had been rescinded and that Fannie Mae was willing to come to the table. As this article in the Huffington Post suggests <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=16&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fpeter-dreier%2Frose-gudiel-_b_999514.html> , we have an opportunity to build off this victory to transform this "from a moment to a movement!"
These two weeks of action were kicked everything off last week in the Bay Area, beginning with a vigil at a foreclosure auction, the symbolic site of the death of the American Dream. For one day, the auctioneers were stopped from selling homes to bidders. On Tuesday, a group of 100 people greeted high-level Wall Street bank executives, including Janet Lamkin of Bank of America and Perry Pelos of Wells Fargo at an event of the business-backed Bay Area Council at AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. Our group sent the message that we want be “Safe at Home” with <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcIwqhryxCKw%26amp%3Bfeature%3Dplayer_embedded> ACCE member Annie McKenzie leading the crowd in song, singing "shame, shame, shame."
Then we picked up 15 bags of garbage from a foreclosed home in East Oakland and took it directly to <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYZTTfc5FQMs%26amp%3Bfeature%3Dplayer_embedded> JPMorgan Chase and Citibank in the Fruitvale district. We demanded the banks send a letter to the headquarters and left the <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=6&url=%26rdquo%3B> trash bags at their doorsteps to symbolically show the blight that they are bringing to the community through foreclosures.
Just as protests in New York began to escalate, nearly 1000 people gathered at Bank of America and took to the streets visiting a number of banks before ending up at Charles Schwab and Wells Fargo. During the march a group of six people took over the lobby of Chase Bank. Led by Brenda Reed, an Oakland homeowner for 38 years facing a foreclosure auction on the Monday before Thanksgiving, the six demanded that Chase work with Ms. Reed to modify her loan so she can stay in the house that has been her home for decades. A Vietnam War widow, Reed was the victim of predatory lending practices of now-defunct Washington Mutual. The six were arrested and released, but Reed was able to tell her story to the local media including the SF Bay Guardian <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfbg.com%2Fpolitics%2F2011%2F09%2F29%2Fbreaking-six-arrested-protesting-bank-foreclosures> , NBC Bay Area <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcbayarea.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FProtesters_Take_Over__Bank_Bay_Area-130834868.html> and KRON 4 <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=9&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kron.com%2FArticle.aspx%3FArticleID%3D2052> .
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The ReFund California coalition is a state-wide coalition of homeowners, community members, workers, faith leaders and students working to hold big banks, big corporations and the wealthy accountable for paying their fair share. Our current Make Wall Street Pay campaign is working to hold Wall Street accountable for destroying jobs and neighborhoods with their greedy, irresponsible and predatory business practices. If you want to see all the latest stories, pictures and videos you can check out the <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uv%2BbKJzsW3TlhywfSeuOtFPfVjwAZZx0> Make Banks Pay California Facebook page and the <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SfrerRrLasunEe6s%2BpiREFPfVjwAZZx0> Make Banks Pay California website!
Finally, here is the full list of media hits (at least 65!)
TOP STORIES OF WEEKS OF ACTION
* LA Times, Oct 6, <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/protesters-673-billion-check-bank-of-america.html> Bank protesters arrested after trying to cash $673-billion check
* San Marino Patch, Oct 6, <http://sanmarino.patch.com/articles/occupy-la-protests-occupy-wall-street-wells-fargo-cfo-tim-sloan-refund-california-police-apologize-for-protest-outside-wells-fargo-cfos-home> "Police Apologize for Protest Outside Wells Fargo CFO's Home"
* Daily Kos, Oct 6, <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/06/1023668/-Open-thread-for-night-owls:-victory-for-Rose-Gudiel> "Victory for Rose Gudiel"
* LA Times, Oct 4, <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-occupy-la-20111004,0,5287534.story> "Southern California Protests Gain Momentum with Union Support"
* Huffington Post, Oct 3, <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/steve-mnuchin-meet-rose-g_b_992940.html> "Steve Mnuchin, Meet Rose Gudiel"
* Firedoglake, Oct 1, <http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/10/01/the-shattered-foreclosure-fraud-settlement-an-unlikely-victory-against-a-cartel-of-oligarchs/> "The Shattered Foreclosure Fraud Settlement – An Unlikely Victory Against a Cartel of Oligarchs"
* KRON-TV-SF, Sep 29, Hundreds Rally in Financial District <http://www.kron.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2052>
* Color Lines, Sept 28, Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood <http://www.colorlines.com/archives/2011/09/taking_trash_to_the_bank.html>
* San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Sept 28, <http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_19001602> "Bassett homeowner begins her last stand against Pasadena bank, Fannie Mae"
THE REST OF WEEKS OF ACTION MEDIA COVERAGE
* Forbes, Oct 6, 9 arrested in foreclosure protest in Pasadena <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/06/real_estate-financials-us-ca-pasadena-protest_8721334.html>
* LAist.com, Oct 6, Fighting Back: Fannie Mae Agrees to Negotiate with Bassett Woman Who Got Arrested Protesting Her Eviction <http://laist.com/2011/10/06/fannie_mae_agrees_to_negotiate_with.php>
* LA Times, Oct 6, Wall Street-style protests target downtown Los Angeles bank <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/occupy-la-protests-downtown-chase-bank.html>
* NBC-LA, Oct 6, Occupy LA Arrests Downtown <http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Occupy-LA-Arrests-Downtown-131290319.html>
* AP, Oct 6, Hundreds in LA march in economic protests <http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdNInDT4EGICUU7niThMOCLlFiOQ?docId=9938821288164384b6a5188a82365ca9>
* LA Times, Oct 6, Bank Protestors Take Over Intersection <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/bank-protesters-take-over-intersection.html>
* Wall Street Journal, Oct 6, Democrats Populist Puzzle <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204294504576615363705256494.html>
* Herald Sun, Oct 6, 11 arrested as Los Angeles 'Occupy LA' protests swell <http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/arrested-as-los-angeles-occupy-la-protests-swell/story-e6frf7jx-1226160964722>
* SeattlePI.com, Oct 6, Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread Nationwide <http://www.seattlepi.com/national/gallery/News-of-the-world-in-pictures-2306/photo-1650924.php>
* ABC News, Oct 6, Occupt Wall Street Protests Spread Nationwide <http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/occupy-wall-street-protests-spread-nationwide/story?id=14681988>
* National Post News, Oct 6, <http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/06/occupy-wall-street-finds-sympathy-in-the-fed/> Occupy Wall Street finds sympathy in the Fed
* KTUL-TV, Tulsa, Oct 6, Hundreds march in LA in economic protests <http://www.ktul.com/story/15634982/500-march-in-la-as-part-of-wall-street-protests>
* Firedoglake, Oct 6, <http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/10/06/victory-bank-accountability-movement-gets-rose-mary-gudiel-out-of-eviction/> Victory: Bank Accountability Movement Gets Rose Mary Gudiel Out of Eviction
* MSNBC, Oct 6, Anti-Wall Street Protestors Gain Support Nationwide <http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/06/8193880-anti-wall-street-protesters-gain-support-nationwide>
* KTLA-TV, Oct 6, <http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-bank-protestors-arrested,0,4824902.story> "Bank Protesters Arrested After Trying to Cash $673-billion Check"
* FOX-11-LA, Oct 6, <http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/occupy-la-protesters-target-banks-20111006> "Occupy LA Protestors Target Banks"
* RTTV America, Oct 6, The Battle to Occupy LA <http://youtu.be/JIDs81W4ZGY>
* The Nation, Oct 5, <http://www.thenation.com/blog/163822/occupy-la-endorsed-city-council-members-demonstrators-protest-home-bank-ceo> "Occupy LA Endorsed by City Council Members, Demonstators Protest at Home of Bank CEO"
* San Marino Patch, Oct 5, <http://sanmarino.patch.com/articles/group-protests-outside-wells-fargo-cfos-san-marino-home-video#video-8022259> "Group Protests at Wells Fargo Exec's San Marino Home"
* LA Times, Oct 5, <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/arrests-la-puente-home-foreclosure.html> "9 Arrested in Pasadena over Home Foreclosure"
* Marketwatch, Oct 4, <http://www.marketwatch.com/story/occupy-wall-street-is-a-tea-party-with-brains-2011-10-04> "Occupy Wall Street is this year's tea party"
* Pasadena Star News, Oct 4, Sheriff's officials meet with embattled Bassett homeowner <http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_19038109>
* The Daily Censured, Oct 4, <http://dailycensored.com/2011/10/04/alliance-of-californians-for-community-empowerment-to-march-in-la-this-thursday-against-banksters/> "Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment to march in LA this Thursday against banksters"
* Credit.com, Oct 4, <http://www.credit.com/blog/2011/10/california-protestors-rally-against-banks-over-housing-crisis/> "California Protestors Rally Against Banks Over Housing Crisis"
* Pasadena Star News, Oct 3, <http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_19032227> Bassett resident and her supporters continue to camp out to block eviction efforts
* NBC-LA, Oct 3, <http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Teachers--Students-Hope-to-Teach-Banks-a-Lesson--130998953.html> "Students Hope to Teach Bankers a Lesson"
* LA Times, Sept 30, <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-foreclosure-settlement-20110930,0,7566676.story> "Kamala Harris pressured to reject foreclosure settlement"
* Huffington Post, Sept 28, <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/california-foreclosures-_b_986244.html> California Homeowners Mount a Growing Protest Movement Against Foreclosures
* California Progress Report, Sept 28, <http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/comment/reply/9412> "Why we are taking a stand against immoral foreclosures"
* CNN.com, Sept 28, <http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/opinion/kohn-tradition-of-protests/> "Protesters: Today's 'rioters,' tomorrow's righteous"
* nakedcapitalism.com, Sept 28, <http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/09/protestors-disrupting-foreclosure-auctions-in-california.html> "Protestors Disrupting Foreclosure Auctions in California"
* KQED radio, Sept 26, <http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201109270705> "Groups Withdraw Bank Deposits in Foreclosure Protests
* KTVA SF, Sept 23, “Supervisors, Ting call for solutions to foreclosure crisis”
* Pasadena Star News, Sept 23, “Bassett resident hosts rally to protest eviction by Pasadena bank” <http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_18959122>
* Pasadena Star News, Sept 22, Judge: Bank can evict woman who had OneWest mortgage <http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_18838138>
* SF Bay Guardian Editorial, Sept 20: “SF's foreclosure crisis--the city shouldn't put another penny in banks that are destroying San Francisco” <http://www.sfbg.com/bruce/2011/09/20/editorial-sfs-foreclosure-crisis-city-shouldnt-put-another-penny-banks-are-destroyi%20%20> LA Daily News: `Grim' foreclosure outlook for Los Angeles through 2012 <http://www.dailynews.com/ci_18907389?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com>
* Oakland Tribune: Report: Foreclosure crisis to crush Oakland home values by $12 billion <http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18897024>
* San Jose Mercury News: Community group urges residents to fight foreclosures <http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18905627>
* KPCC Radio LA: A home values down $80 billion, report says <http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/09/15/28870/la-home-values-down-80-billion-report-says/>
* ABC-TV Oakland: Settlement talks underway with mortgage companies <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=8356282>
* SCPR LA: Report: L.A. home values drop nearly $80B since 2008 <http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18901634>
* Contra Costa Times: Report: Housing meltdown has caused $80B drop in L.A. home values <http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18904905>
* OB Rag: San Diego takes first step toward fining banks for neglecting foreclosures properties <http://obrag.org/?p=45419>
* Bay Citizen: In Richmond, Banks Conceal Ownership of Blighted Homes <http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/richmond-banks-are-concealing-ownership/>
* KPBS San Diego: City Council Hears Proposed Ordinance Regarding Foreclosed <http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/sep/14/city-council-hears-proposed-ordinance-regarding-fo/> Homes
* ABC-TV Oakland: Oakland zip code sees significant drop in property values <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8356207>
* ABC-TV Oakland: Settlement talks underway with mortgage companies <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=8356282>
* News 10 Sacramento: ACCE group: Banks need to be responsible for foreclosed homes <http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/154965/2/Foreclosures-up-in-Sacramento-neighborhood>
* NBC-TV LA: Los Angeles homeowners collectively lost nearly $80 billion in home values since 2008. <http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Foreclosure-Filings-Skyrocket-in-Southland-129904293.html>
* Sacramento Bee: After year's lull, Sacramento-area foreclosures roared back in August <http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/15/3911662/after-years-lull-sacramento-area.html>
* LA Times: New foreclosures surge during August in hardest-hit markets <http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-home-sales-20110915,0,4865801.story>
* Daily Breeze: Report: Housing meltdown has caused $80B drop in L.A. home values <http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_18904905>
* Intersections South LA: Watts rallies against foreclosure crisis <http://www.intersectionssouthla.org/index.php/story/watts_rallies_against_foreclosure_crisis/>
* Beyond Chron: Foreclosures Have Cost S.F. Almost $7 Billion <http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=9523>
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