CRC submitted the following letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to announce its formal opposition to the proposed merger of BMO Financial Corp/BMO Harris Bank, N.A. and BancWest Holding Inc./Bank of the West. Download the full…
Continue Reading →Mergers may be good for corporations, but they’re rarely good for economic stability and financial equity for consumers — especially for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and low to moderate-income (LMI) communities. That was the message delivered on Tuesday, March 8 by members of dozens of nonprofits,…
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A second-generation promotora, Delmis Lorenzo is carrying on a family tradition Delmis Lorenzo has spent much of her adult life supporting members of her Los Angeles community. Her community-oriented career has taken her through roles working with asthmatic patients in clinical settings, as a Spanish translator with the…
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Now a year old, CRC’s Economic Equity Promotora Program sets its sights on improving access to the banking system for marginalized communities For some Californians living in rural, low income or communities of color, just the act of opening a bank account might seem like a task fraught…
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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…
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CRC Presents at Fair Housing Conference
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