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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: What about helping the homeless who live on our streets?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Mollie Lowrey, who asked: What will the candidates do to help...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Local Government, Politics
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HUD to shut down offices as a result of sequester
Across-the-board cuts in the federal budget will force the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close its offices on May 24 and possibly six other days. HUD, which provides assistance programs for low-income and homeless people, said Friday...
Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace
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BofA settles another mortgage lawsuit but is facing a new one
NEW YORK — As Bank of America Corp. pulls itself free from a swamp of mortgage liabilities, new troubles keep threatening to suck it back under. BofA agreed to settle a big insurer's claims over faulty mortgage bonds for $1.7 billion Monday. But...
Tags: Litigation, Justice System, Insurance, Financial and Business Services, Bank of New York Company
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Tenant told to speak 'real English' may have faced discrimination
Question: I have lived in my current apartment building for three years with no problems, but recently a new manager took over. I originally came to the U.S. on a work visa; I was born and raised in China and speak Cantonese as my first language. As a...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Politics
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Lifestyle is keeping budget goal out of reach
Dear Liz: My husband and I are recovering from a job loss four years ago. We used up all our savings and home equity. My husband is now employed, but we are struggling to keep ahead even with a salary of about $100,000. I was a stay-at-home mom for the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Federal Housing Administration, Personal Finance, Finance, Interior Policy
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Regulators probing alleged mortgage insurance kickback scheme
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are conducting an extensive investigation into an alleged mortgage insurance kickback scheme that pushed up costs for home buyers dating from the mid-1990s. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in disclosing...
Tags: MGIC Investment Corporation, Fines, Finance, Punishment, Real Estate
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Feds fine four mortgage insurers $15 million for alleged kickbacks
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators hit four national private mortgage insurance companies Thursday with a combined $15.4 million in fines to settle allegations of making improper kickbacks to lenders to steer consumer business to them. The fines, which...
Tags: Fines, Finance, Punishment, Ottawa Senators, Guaranty Corporation
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Greuel recalls working for Clinton on Northridge quake relief
Looking to turn the page from a series of staff shakeups, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel touted her endorsement by former President Clinton in the San Fernando Valley on Monday — turning a spotlight on her role in the recovery efforts...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Richard Riordan, Elections, Gloria Molina
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Talk Back: Does Bill Clinton's endorsement of Greuel sway your vote?
President Bill Clinton has endorsed Wendy Greuel for mayor, saying in a letter that her time as city controller proves she can handle Los Angeles’ problems. “In her many years of public service in Los Angeles … Wendy has personified...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Elections, Bill Clinton, Politics, Gavin Newsom
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Wendy Greuel walks tightrope in mayor's race
One big advantage for a Los Angeles city controller aspiring to higher office is the ability to make news with a steady flow of audits exposing wasteful spending at City Hall. So while stuck in Hollywood Freeway traffic on a recent morning, Wendy...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Radio, Barbara Boxer, Housing and Urban Planning, Budgets and Budgeting
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Greuel makes play for African American voters in L.A. mayor's race
L.A. NOWLos Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel made a play for African American voters Saturday, rolling out a list of endorsements from black leaders and invoking the memory of Mayor Tom Bradley at the opening of her campaign office on Crenshaw Boulevard.... -
Gary Squier dies at 61; L.A.'s first housing director
Gary Squier, who became the first housing director for the city of Los Angeles in 1990 and faced a formidable housing challenge in the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake, died Dec. 4 at his Santa Monica home. He was 61. The cause was lung cancer,...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Housing and Urban Planning, Natural Disasters, Lung Cancer, Politics
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