Foreclosure Defense Group

(protest against the Sheriff tomorrow (Tuesday).) Alameda County’s elected Sheriff Greg Ahern may not be Joe Arpaio, but he sure seems like he’s trying. Not only did Sheriff Ahern months ago refuse to listen to the people and stop cooperating with ICE (the Federal agency in charge of deportations), but just yesterday he told the people he does not believe he serves to f*** off yet again (in not quite so many words). Here’s how it came down. Back in January, hundreds of people protested and testified at a hearing … Continued

This morning, April 19, at around 9:00 a.m., Alameda County sheriff’s deputies arrived and got into GG’s house through the side door. A real estate agent, Phi Nguyen, accompanied the deputies. GG was there, and so was her tenant (whom we believe has a right to be separately evicted and 90 days to comply). The deputies demanded that they both leave and when Gigi argued. one of them pulled a gun on her. GG and her tenant both left. The deputies eventually left, leaving at two security guards. A locksmith … Continued

GG is still in her home! And we are still fighting with her. On Friday, 4/5/13, GG, friends, members of the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group and members of ACCE invaded the US Bank at the Kaiser Building Plaza on 20th St. near Snow Park. The bank immediately locked its doors but not before most of the crew made it inside. We demanded that a bank official fax GG’s demand letter to the powers-that-be at US Bank HQ. After about forty-five minutes the demand letter had been sent, with the … Continued

GG, one of Occupy Oakland’s stalwarts these many months, had managed to stave off US Bank – which put her into a fraudulant loan she couldn’t pay and then foreclosed on her – for a long time. Judges had granted her stays of eviction and told US Bank to negotiate a loan modification with GG for years, but the negotiations never happened, and now, it seems, the gig is up. The latest stay expired on Friday, and a new judge has yet to rule on an extended stay of eviction. … Continued

On September 27th, 2012, the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group drew a line in the sidewalk and told Bank of America that they were not going to take Zaki Alshalyan’s home. On Friday, October 26th, as a result of our direct action and a proposal for a loan modification put together by OOFDG peeps working with Mr. Alshalyan, Bank of America approved a three month trial loan modification for Zaki. I noted back then Banks are perfidious creatures. Zaki has not yet won in full. The bank granted him a … Continued