Foreclosures Impact California Voter Turnout

August 23, 2012 California neighborhoods reeling from record foreclosures also experienced lower levels of voter turnout in the 2008 presidential election, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside. Voters who lost their homes were not the only ones … Continue reading

Banks letting blight take over foreclosures — and they’re getting away with it

By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer dailydemocrat.com Created: 08/22/2012 07:55:56 PM PDT Hundreds of foreclosed homes from Pacoima to South Los Angeles remain severely blighted by crime, neglect and swamplike swimming pools. Yet two years after Los Angeles passed a law … Continue reading

CA Accounts for Seven of 10 Highest Metro Foreclosure Rates

By, Natalie Dolce IRVINE, CA-Those who follow @GlobeStcom on Twitter and @GlobeStLIVE may have seen a post teasing the announcement, but GlobeSt.com has learned that according to a midyear foreclosure report from RealtyTrac, foreclosure activity in the first half of … Continue reading