October 20, 2023 by Brian Maxey
Lessons Learned from Special Purpose Credit Program Negotiations By Doni Tadesse and Kevin Stein, Southern California Organizer and Chief of Legal and Strategy In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many American corporations made pronouncements and commitments to racial justice and many Americans engaged in soul-searching regarding police brutality, anti-Black violence and ongoing... Read moreContinue Reading →
After making it through two legislative committees, SB 594 heads to the Senate Appropriations for crucial vote. Californian tenants and workers are another step closer to critical protections from abuses by large corporations that hide behind the current limited liability company (LLC) structure after lawmakers voted to pass SB…
It was another busy year for CRC. In 2022, CRC and its allies negotiated more than $80 billion in Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) for California, passed AB 1837, the Homes in Community Hands Act, equipped dozens of mid- and senior-level employees with racial and economic justice advocacy skills, and…
The California Reinvestment Coalition and several of its member organizations met with elected officials and representatives from financial regulatory agencies last week as part of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2022 Just Economy Conference Advocacy Week. Each year, CRC convenes a California delegation to meet with DC-based regulators and…
CRC Research Analyst Jamie Buell on Wednesday presented at the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County’s 2022 Housing Conference: Housing Solutions Post Pandemic. The conference brought together policymakers, Realtors, nonprofits, financial lenders and government officials to tackle California’s pressing housing market issues, including using data-driven market analysis and current…
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, July 13 took up AB889, a CRC co-sponsored bill that would hold corporate landlords accountable for habitability issues and would also provide important data for creating housing policy by requiring disclosure of the actual owners of property rather than the name of…
As part of a series of transition team meetings, CRC and some of its members last month met with Michael Barr, who is likely to be nominated to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). If confirmed, Barr will succeed Brian Brooks, who has led the…
Serial evictor landlords do not operate alone. By accessing funding from banks and other lenders, they are able to purchase property, and in turn, evict renters.
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Lessons Learned from Special Purpose Credit Program Negotiations By Doni Tadesse and Kevin Stein, Southern California Organizer and Chief of Legal and Strategy In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many American corporations made pronouncements and commitments to racial justice and many Americans engaged in soul-searching regarding police brutality, anti-Black violence and ongoing... 
