Earlier this year, we blogged about the WSJ piece that revealed the extent that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus was involved with subprime lenders in promoting its Hogar Program, and we followed up that post with the Great American Mortgage Scam and the Latino Community, parts I and II. Our fearless leaders have certainly maintained some [...]

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Here are some stories we have been following the past few days: Tomorrow former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez’s son, Esteban, is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing. He’s being charged with murder. Remember that Mayor Villaraigosa said that Esteban is a “good boy.” One of Congressman Joe Baca’s former aides, Sam Clauder, has been [...]

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President Obama has entered office and confirmed that the nation faces its greatest economic challenge since the 1930′s Great Depression. The menacing economic syndrome of deflation is rearing its ugly head. Prices are collapsing in many markets not just in housing. The current crisis is increasingly characterized as becoming a wide-spread debacle: the consumer confidence [...]

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Today there was a pretty informative piece in Roll Call about Loretta Sanchez’s role in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. It looks like some members of the CHC are weighing whether to invite Loretta Sanchez back into the caucus after the much publicized fight with former caucus Chair Joe Baca. If you remember, Sanchez accused Congressman [...]

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As President Obama places his hand on Lincoln’s Bible to be sworn as the 44th President of The United States, history is clearly being made: it is the first African-American to occupy the office. In fact there has been no Jew, Italian, Frenchman, Southern or Eastern European descendant or Latino elected President of the U.S. The [...]

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Yesterday Rep. Baca responded to the allegations of the Wall Street Journal article, which was referenced in the blog post below. I particularly want to note this part of his letter: “I have hosted numerous workshops in the community to help better educate area residents on the mortgage options available to them. Last Congress, I [...]

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Earlier in the week, the Wall Street Journal had a great article about the push for Latinos to buy homes, especially in light of the recent mortgage industry meltdown. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, under Congressman Baca’s leadership, launched a housing initiative called Hogar (how original!) to increase mortgage lending to Latinos. Specifically, the Latino community [...]

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Seneca’s thoughts on the DREAM Act and how it might proceed in the next Congress: Due to their immigration status, thousands (in excess of 60,000) of high school graduates across the country have not been able to take advantage of the opportunities that make a higher education a possibility. In-state tuition rates, private scholarships, state [...]

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