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Information about Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) - 40th District - Coachella Valley

Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) - 40th District - Coachella Valley State Capitol, Room 2062 Sacramento, California 95814 Phone: (916) 445-6767     Fax: (916) 327-3522 http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/ducheny/ Rank: No ranking. Summary: Member Senate transportation and Housing Committee Chief of Staff: - Wendy Mitchell(Left August 12, 2005) John Ferrara from Assemblymember Filner will be replacement Edgar Zazueta - Consultant on Homeowner Association Bills There has been an outcry about the foreclosures in the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley. AHRC and the homeowners have been exposing the theft of homes in homeowner associations for over a decade and requesting protective legislation..The local Senator Jim Battin fueled by developer monies has been ignoring victims in his district and obstructing legislation that would protect homeowners. In 2004 Senator Ducheny and initiated a Senate hearing with the help of the Chief Consultant for the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee - Mark Stivers and introduced a bill to protect homeowners from non-judicial foreclosure. Assemblymember Darryl Steinberg also introduced an assembly bill to stop all non-judicial foreclosures by homeowner associations. A compromise bill was passed overwhelmingly by the legislature but .Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it. In February 2005 she introduced SB 137 (see attachments below) Governor Swarzenegger, bankers, lawyers and realtors worked behind closed to gut the bill. The bill with alot of loopholes became law in 2006. The loopholes that the political- foreclosure-real estate-litigation industries wrote in the law continue to help them flourish and create wealth for politicians, lawyers, judges, developers, bankers and realtors and homelessness and poverty for California homeowners. Other Information: • 637 3rd Avenue,Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Phone: (619) 409-7690 Fax: (619) 409-7688 •1224 State Street, Suite D El Centro, CA 92243 Phone: (760) 335-3442 Fax: (760) 335-3444 53990 Enterprise Way, Suite 14, Coachella, CA 92236 Phone: (760) 398-6442 Fax: (760) 398-6470 (Pat Cooper initiated the Homeowner Association Senate Committee Foreclosure hearings after several victims contacted her. She has taken the time to meet with victims at their homeowner associations in the Palm Springs area.) .

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Submitted Files Filename Description File Type File Size Click to download SB137Feb03.pdf Press release on California SB 137 - a bill to disallow homeowner assocaitions from foreclosing on delinquent assessments under $2500. PDF document, version 1.3 131KB Download sb137bill20051003chaptered.pdf SB 137 by Senator Ducheny in 2005 was added to California Civil Code Section 1365 and Section 1367: " This bill would revise and recast the procedures for collecting delinquent assessments for certain debts that arise on and after January 1, 2006. The bill would provide that when an association of a common interest development seeks to collect delinquent assessments of less than $1,800, not including accelerated assessments and specified late charges and fees, the association must either file a civil action in small claims court or record a lien upon which it would be prohibited from foreclosing until the amount equals or exceeds $1,800 or the assessments are more than 12 months delinquent." PDF document, version 1.3 106KB Download

For more information, please check out the articles listed below: California Senate Transportation And Housing Committee Senator Ducheny to Hold Hearing on Homeowner Association Foreclosures - Peter Amherst California Homeowner Association Bills for 2004 - AHRC News Services Chair of California Senate Housing Committee Hearing Thanks A Participant - Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny Another Homeowner Association Strikes Again - Peter Amherst Governor Scwarzenegger: What Can I Do? What can you do? - Thomas & Anita Radcliff Couple lose their home over $120 debt - Michael Kolber The Homeowner Association Racketeering Scam Has Played Its Game On You, My Friend - Richard Craig THE HOMEOWNERS CHARGED ME $75 BECAUSE I QUESTIONED THE OUTRAGEOUS ATTORNEY FEES - Sandra Fields THEY STOLE MY HOUSE - Thomas Radcliff GOVERNMENT HEARINGS - HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FORECLOSURES - AHRC News Services SON OF DISABLED MAN WHO LOST HIS HOME IN FORECLOSURE FOR $120 TO TESTIFY AT CALIFORNIA SENATE HOUSING COMMITTEE - Peter Amherst SCHWARZENEGGER VETOED ANTI-FORECLOSURE BILL AB 2598 TODAY - AHRC News Services CALIFORNIA SENATOR DUCHENY RE-INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS FROM FORECLOSURE - Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny What's happening on California Homeowner Association Bills - April 28, 2005 - AHRC News Services Senator Ducheny's Homeowner Association Foreclosure Bill SB 137 Passes First Important Test - Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny California Homeowner Association Bills And CAI Lobbyists - June 4, 2005 - Marcus Aurelius SPROUL ON THE PROWL! HOMEOWNERS BEWARE! - Ann Roth Rockin' the suburbs - Jeffrey M. Barker HOMEOWNERS ON THE VERGE OF VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA - Tom Beasley HOMEOWNERS BEING SLICED AND DICED BY CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS - AHRC News Services A PALE HUSK OF A BILL - Peter Amherst HOMEOWNERS CHARGE THAT FORECLOSURE INDUSTRY TORPEDOES SB 137 - AHRC News Services

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