First thing we do, let’s kill all the foreclosure defense attorneys…
Billy Shakespear
They tried for years to kill off foreclosure defense attorneys in Florida (Link here) and they will do it again here in Florida. Now it seems, they’ve succeeded in California. Really. The banks conspired to strip consumers of the fundamental right to have representation of an attorney.
I’d Say I’m flabbergasted, but this kind of thing is what happens when the fascists own what was our governments:
In an unprecedented move that can only be described as stunning ignorance, the California State Bar recently released a legal opinion that will effectively deny legal representation to millions of homeowners faced with foreclosure. The controversy is around SB 94, a law put into effect in 2009 that was meant to protect homeowners from predatory loan modification companies.
As with any crisis, when people are in trouble or desperate, other people jump into action to take what little money those desperate people have left. While SB 94 was little more than an imperfect knee-jerk reaction to systemic fraud, it was supposed to protect homeowners from scammers who promised to get loans modified, took hefty upfront fees, and were never heard from again. These scumbags were generally former mortgage brokers, also known as Department of Real Estate Licensees (DRE), looking to make up some of the losses from the meltdown by recycling the suckers they had sold homes to during the drunken housing orgy.
The problem is the BAR , just another special interest ,, for decades they have stood for protecting incompetant (or worse) criminal attorneys that quite literally stole from their clients, they gained a position of power as a supralegal body where the government ceded allpower concerning licensing , conduct and controlling the reins of power when it came to judgeships…
Where has it gotten us?
We were better off before the bar existed .. it has no LEGAL AUTHORITY to exist as a governing body or wield the power that it has been granted.. Lets start a movement to disband the bar and give their powers over to the people. Where the powers previously existed and where they rightfully belong. It should be knocked down to the point where it is simply an advocacy and education group such as the AMA or similar.
Now this is tough foul play