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Information about Majorie Murray - California Alliance for Retired Americans - CARA Majorie Murray - California Alliance for Retired Americans - CARA Sacrameto, California 00000 Rank: No ranking. Summary: • Governor Signs Controversial Voting Bill For Homeowner Associations - California government records are again scrubbed to conceal homeowner objections YES! WE WANT FAIR ELECTIONS BUT AT WHAT COST AND PREJUDICE? A letter to Senator Jim Battin - July 27, 2006 - By Donie Vanitzian • Governor Signs Controversial Voting Bill For Homeowner Associations - California government records are again scrubbed to conceal homeowner objections - September 18, 2006 - By Sandy Meyer • Majorie Murray has been lobbying in the California legislature for various interests and mining homeowners groups for paid memberships to her lobby business. In 2005 Majorie Murray began lobbying under the name of CARA - California Alliance for Retired Americans a 501(c) (4) Federal tax exempt group. She advertised she had applied for a 501(c)(3). • In 2006 she advertised to homeowners she was setting up an education and referral business. Other Information: Non-profits she worked for include Sentinel Fair Housing, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization near Oakland, California. It's funding comes from government block grants. This organization's IRS filing states that the organization has not attempted to influence national, state, or local legislation, including any attempt to influence public opinion on a legislative matter or referendum. • In 2003 , after requesting to present the Homeowner Bill of Rights on the AHRC.com website, Murray lobbied in closed door meetings with industry lobbyists using the name "Bill of Rights Coalition". AARP, Consumers Union, Grey Panthers and Congress of California Seniors Lobby for A Bill That Will Multiply Homeowner Foreclosures - Seniors, Hispanics, Asians and moderate income citizens will lose more homes to association collection lawyers • In 2004, while president of Sentinel Fair Housing, she lobbied as as the lobbyist for Congress of Seniors at the California Senate Housing Committee Hearings on Homeowner Associations. Stephen Cogswell, testified at the same hearings as the associate director of Sentinel Fair Housing on the same. Majorie Murray arhcive

4. Is Majorie Murray a lobbyist or a policy analyst?     Re: On The Commons with Shu this week is Marjorie Murray. Marjorie is the founder of the California based Center for California Homeowner Association Law. A policy analyst specializing in housing, finance and the law, Marjorie has been active working with homeowners and board members who find themselves in need help and guidance. QUESTION: Shu Bartholomew: Is Majorie Murray a lobbyist or a policy analyst? What exactly is a policy analyst and what qualifications does one need to have in order to be a policy analyst? ..or is this simply a self proclaimed title? Posted Apr 18 2008 6:19PM CEST     Username withheld , California   3. Majorie Murray - California Alliance for Retired Americans - CARA - Archived History     • In 2001 Majorie Murray is President of Sentinel Fair Housing, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization near Oakland, California. It's funding comes from government block grants. The organization's IRS filing states that the organization has not attempted to influence national, state, or local legislation, including any attempt to influence public opinion on a legislative matter or referendum. • In 2003 , Murray lobbied in closed door meetings with industry lobbyists for AB2289, Karen Rasch a volunteer lobbyist for AARP as homeowner "stakeholders." calling themselves "Bill of Rights Coalition", a new name she coined for using the "Bill of Rights" from the AHRC website. Homeowners, the majority stake holders, of this legislation were denied information and input at these closed door discussions. Since 1992 California Homeowners have been compiling ideas for a "Homeowner Bill of Rights" and posting them on AHRC. When Ms Murray decided to become a Sacramento lobbyst she looked around for organizations to lobby fhrough, and issues she could use to build up her lobby business and raise money. She called AHRC before making her first first appearance before a CLRC meeting that included homeowner associations on the agenda and asked if she could speak on behalf of AHRC and use the Homeowner Bill of Rights on the AHRC website. Calling herself "Bill of Rights Coalition" she told the CLRC panel homeowners needed a " Homeowner BIll of Rights" and presented it as a new idea from herself "The Bill of Rights Coalition". Homeowners complaints Ms. Murray include: back room dealings with lobbyists and politicians beholden to special interests, industry and lobbyists funding and support, and taking existing information from historical sources and pretending she is the source, and misleading references to herself to homeowners, victims and the media that she is the " California homeowners legisltaive advocate", whitholding public information for advocates and homeowners to gain personal lobbying advantage. Legislative consultants who only consult industry "expert" sources to do their government reports e.g. California Research Bureay , use Ms. Murray as the pro-homeowner source as falsely attribute the information she has taken from others as the originator and source of information. After the AB2289 passed both its author Assemblymember Christine Kehoe and Murray , as lobbyist for California Congress of Seniors, flooded the media with press releases that said that AB 2289 was a "good bill" for homeowners. AB2289 - Enforcing Fines and Fees in Homeowner Associations - Assemblymember Christine Kehoe explains the law she wrote Withdraw AB2289 - It Extorts 12% Interest in Violation of the California Constitution - AARP, Consumers Union, Grey Panthers and Congress of California Seniors Lobby for A Bill That Will Multiply Homeowner Foreclosures - Seniors, Hispanics, Asians and moderate income citizens will lose more homes to association collection lawyers • In 2004 Murray, who still is president of Sentinel Fair Housing, is listed as lobbyist for Congress of Seniors on the February 17, 2004 California Senate Housing Committee Hearings on Homeowner Associations. Stephen Cogswell, the associate director of Sentinel Fair Housing is also on the panel to testify for Sentinel Fair Housing. • In 2005 Majorie Murray began lobbying under the name of CARA - California Alliance for Retired Americans a 501(c) (4) Federal tax exmpt group. They also set up CARA Education Fund and applied for a 501(c)(3). Posted Sep 19 2006 8:54AM CEST     Username withheld , California   2. Sponsors and major donors of California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) include drug companies,utility companies and trial lawyers association     2005 Sponsors & Underwriters SUSTAINING SPONSORS Federal Drugs Meds4Mail/Canamerica Global Pacific Gas & Electric Co. SEIU California State Council MAJOR SPONSORS California United for Nursing Home Care Consumer Attorneys of California LIUNA - So. CA District Council of Laborers Southern California Edison UFCW Region 8 State Council BANQUET TABLE SPONSORS LIUNA - Laborers' Int'l. Union of North America EXHIBIT SPONSORS California Telephone Access Program Kaiser Senior Advantage National Committee to Preserve S.S. & Medicare Social Security Administration Universal Care Health Advantage WellPoint Health Networks PROGRAM BOOK SPONSORS AFSCME International Retirees American Federation of Teachers California Labor Federation California Professional Firefighters California Teachers Association LIUNA - CA State Council - Legislative Department Professional Engineers in California Government SEIU Local 790 SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West Southwest Airlines The Gas Company / San Diego Gas & Electric MESSAGES AFSCME - Retirees Chapter 36 AFSCME - Retirees Chapter 57 AFSCME - Retirees of Contra Costa AFT - California Federation of Teachers AFT - L. A. College Faculty Guild, Local 1521 Alameda County Central Labor Council Alliance for Retired Americans Amalgamated Bank Amtrak Angelides 2006 Bakers' Union Local 85 California Ass'n of Homes & Services for the Aging California Credit Union League California Dental Hygienists' Association California Legislative Council for Older Americans California Nurses Association California Partnership for Long Term Care California Pharmacists Association California School Employees Assoc. - Retiree Unit California State Employees Assoc. Retired Division Consumer Federation of California Elderly Housing and Development Corporation Family Caregiver Alliance FORUM - Santa Clara County Garamendi For Lt. Governor Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League Health Care for All - California IAM - California Conference of Machinists IAM Local 1546 Retirees IBEW Local 1245 Law Offices of Green & Azevedo LIUNA Local 300 LIUNA Local 304 LIUNA - Construction Laborers' Union - Local 802 McMorgan & Company Midway Democratic Club Newman & Jones, Inc. North Central Democratic Club of San Diego Older Women's League of California OPEIU Local 29 Orange County Central Labor Council People for a National Health Program Plumbers, Steamfitters UA Local 393 Sacramento Central Labor Council Sacramento-Sierra Bldg & Constr Trades Council San Diego-Imperial Counties CLC San Francisco Labor Council San Mateo Central Labor Council SEIU Local 434B SEIU Local 660 SEIU 660 Retiree Association SEIU Retiree Coalition Senior Action Network Sheet Metal Workers Local 206 Retirees South Bay Labor Council South County Labor Southern CA District - CPUSA Teamsters - California Public Affairs Council Teamsters - Joint Council 7 Teamsters - Local 166 Teamsters - Southern CA Retiree Association Teamsters - Stockton-Modesto Retirees UFCW Local 373R Retirees Club United Teachers Los Angeles - Retired Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Elaine Alquist, CA Senate District 13 Patty Berg, CA Assembly District 1 Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator Nan Brasmer, Thank You!!! Ron Calderon, CA Assembly District 58 Judy Chu, CA Assembly District 49 Joe Dunn, CA Senate District 34 Martha M. Escutia, CA Senate District 30 Dario Frommer, CA Assembly District 43 Jackie Goldberg, Assembly District 45 Loni Hancock, Assembly District 14 Paul Koretz, CA Assembly District 42 Barbara Lee, CA Congressional District 9 Bruce Livingston & Jodi Reid Alan Lowenthal, CA Senate District 27 Doris Matsui, CA Congressional District 5 Juanita Millender-McDonald, CA Congress. Dist. 37 Fabian Nunez, CA Assembly District 46 Fran Pavley, CA Assembly District 41 Nancy Pelosi, CA Congressional District 8 Don Perata, CA Senate District 9 Bill & Gloria Powers, Best Wishes Loretta Sanchez, CA Congressional District 47 Helen Shea, Call on CARA! Don & Joanne Sherrill, for Peace and Prosperity Joe Simitian, CA Senate District 11 Lois Wolk, CA Assembly District 8 FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS The California Endowment The California Wellness Foundation True North Foundation Vanguard Public Foundation 2004 Sponsors & Underwriters SUSTAINING SPONSORS California Professional Firefighters SEIU California State Council MAJOR SPONSORS California Alliance to Advance Nursing Home Care California Teachers Association Consumer Attorneys of California Pacific Gas & Electric Co. UFCW Region 8 State Council BANQUET TABLE SPONSORS California Labor Federation AFL-CIO LIUNA - Laborers Int'l. Union of North America LIUNA - So. CA District Council of Laborers GOLD PAGE SPONSORS AFSCME Retirees American Federation of Teachers Associated Third Party Administrators California Federation of Teachers Joe Dunn, Senate District 34 Professional Engineers in California Government PROGRAM BOOK SPONSOR Southwest Airlines EXHIBIT SPONSORS Amtrak AT Network California Telephone Access Program Meds4Mail Social Security Administration Southern California Edison Union Affiliates Mortgage Co. Universal Care Health Advantage Universal Drugstore MESSAGES Alameda County Central Labor Council AFSCME District Council 57 AFSCME Sub Chapters 142 & 144 Alliance for Retired Americans Amalgamated Bank Associated Third Party Administrators California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform California Credit Union League California Dental Hygienist's Association California Legislative Council for Older Americans California Nurses Association California Partnership for Long Term Care California School Employees Assn. - Retiree Unit Coalition of Organized Labor Elderly Housing and Development Corp. Family Caregiver Alliance Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League Green & Azevedo Health Care for All - California Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic Club LIUNA - CA State Council - Legislative Department LIUNA - Construction Laborers' Union - Local 185 LIUNA - No. CA District Council of Laborers LIUNA - So. CA District Council Organizing Fund McMorgan & Company Midway Democratic Club North Bay Labor Council Older Women?s League of California OPEIU Local 29 PACE - Local 8-675 Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan Sacramento Central Labor Council Sacramento-Sierra Bldg & Constr Trades Council San Mateo Central Labor Council SEIU Local 660 SEIU Local 660 Seniors Association SEIU Local 790 SEIU Local 1280 Retirees SEIU Retiree Coalition of Southern California Senior Action Network Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties CLC Teamsters Joint Council 7 Teamsters Joint Council 42 Teamsters - Local 166 Teamsters - Local 399 Teamsters - Local 848 Teamsters - Local 952 Teamsters - Southern California Retirees Assn. Teamsters - Stockton-Modesto Retirees UFCW Local 870 Retirees Club United American Insurance UNITE - HERE Sacramento - Local 49 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Richard Alarcon, CA Senate District 20 Philip Angelides, CA State Treasurer John Burton, CA Senate District 3 Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator Jo Dunn, CA Senate District 34 Al & Dorothy Gruhn, CA Labor Fed, Retired Dave Jones, Sacramento City Council District 6 Betty Karnette, Senate District 27 Sheila Kuehl, CA Senate District 23 Barbara Lee, CA Congressional District 9 Allen Lowenthal, CA Senate District 27 Nancy Pelosi, CA Congressional District 8 Fabian Nunez, CA Assembly District 46 Loretta Sanchez, CA Congressional District 47 Tom Torlakson, CA Senate District 7 Leland Yee, CA Assembly District 12 Lois Wolk, CA Assembly District 8 Posted Feb 9 2006 4:48AM CET     Username withheld , California   1. California anti-homeowner lawmakers refer homeowners to industry sponsored lobbyist who "represents" homeowners interests     I do not want lawyers and lobbyists wheeling and dealing behind closed door, creating laws or voting against laws my behalf. Majorie Murray now tells California lawmakers she is lobbyist for AARP, Grey Panthers, Signal Hill Resolution Center, a few other lobby names and the 4 MILLION CALIFORNIA SENIORS. The people she claims that she represents have neither heard of her nor authorized her to represent them . In 2001 Murray discovered the strong advocacy network, fished them for stories and information, stamped her signature on information they compiled e.g. "Homeowner Bill of Rights", and now "represents" everyone... Here's one of the earliest emails she wrote to homeowner advocates. Murray has fallen out of favor with California homeowner advocates because of her behind closed door, private dealings with lobbyists, industry representatives, and lawmakers bartering for bills on behalf of the foreclosure industry. Several lawmakers who were selling out homeowners interest to the industry (e.g. Senator Bill Morrow, Senator Jim Battin, Senator Ducheny, Senator Jackie Speier, Assemblymember Gene Mullin, Assemblymember Laird) have been referring media and homeowners to Murray rather than the long term veteral advocates to deflect criticism and to cover up their their bias for the foreclosure industry and failure to protect California homeowners. From: Writzy - Marjorie Murray Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:01:28 EDT To: ahrc, AFreedomFighter, texmex, Zorka, radical, shu, wvance Dear Friends: Yesterday I sent you a request for foreclosure "horror stories." For the moment, I'd like to keep this request confidential to this small network. With thanks for your help. Marjorie Posted Mar 15 2005 6:39PM CET     Username withheld , California

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