California RealEstateRama

SAN DIEGO, CA - August 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) released the following statement regarding the Administration’s new actions for servicemembers, veterans, and their families:

LAGUNA HILLS, CALIF. - August 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- California Association of Community Managers (CACM), the state’s leading community association management education organization, today launched the second phase of its Community Champions awareness campaign

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of $300 million in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) announced that $1.02 million would go to fight homelessness among veterans in San Diego. Vietnam Veterans of San Diego will be the recipient of the VA grant

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In his Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request, President Barack Obama proposes limiting the capital gains from the exchange of real estate that can be deferred under Section 1031 to $1 million per taxpayer per year. This provision would apply to like-kind exchanges completed after December 31, 2014. Under this proposal, the Treasury Department would be granted the regulatory authority necessary to implement the provision. The proposal would need to be included in legislation passed by Congress in order to be implemented

Washington, D.C - August 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, today urged President Obama to request funds to house homeless veterans on the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs Campus be included in his fiscal year 2016 budget

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 32-year-old man was convicted today of a dozen counts for residential robberies in the San Gabriel Valley, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) congratulated Yuba, Sutter, and Glenn counties after they secured a number of federal grants this week. Sutter County Airport and Yuba County Airport received almost $170,000 from two Federal Aviation Administration grants. The Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation and 3CORE, Inc. which operates in Glenn, Butte, and Tehama counties, both received $75,000 from the Economic Development Administration

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - July 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the western United States, has completed the $2 million sale of a fully occupied eight-unit multifamily property located near Michigan Avenue at 1811 19th Street in Santa Monica, Calif

SACRAMENTO, CA - June 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Housing Finance Agency announced today a major program expansion to help more low to moderate income California families purchase homes.

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA - June 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The County of San Bernardino Economic Development Agency was awarded the 2014 Achievement Award in the category of Community/Economic Development by the National Association of Counties (NACo) for its State of the County Event. All told, the County of San Bernardino received 31 Achievement Awards from NACo this year for its innovative programs and services, including top honors for the Countywide Vision as well as the State of the County event, which promotes the Vision

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 16, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Joining thousands of Californians eager to fulfill our nation’s promise to returning Veterans, Mercy Housing California, a leading non-profit housing development corporation, will publicly announce their endorsement of California’s Proposition 41 at their newly built El Monte Veterans Village on Monday, June 2 at 1 p.m

SAN DIEGO, CA - May 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) --The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) highlights its activities and its plans for the future in its 2013 Annual Report & Portfolio, released today on the SDHC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 26, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s nomination of Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio, Texas as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following the House Appropriations Committee’s approval of a measure to fund the nation’s housing programs, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, blasted Republicans for undercutting important housing programs that protect our most vulnerable populations

San Francisco, CA: - May 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new survey of housing counselors and attorneys finds homeowners are facing unreasonable delays, numerous obstacles, and servicer run-arounds in seeking help from their mortgage servicers, despite new laws, programs, and settlements intended to protect homeowners

WASHINGTON D.C. - May 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Reps. Jared Huffman (CA-2) and Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $1.5 million WaterSMART grant to the North Bay Water Reuse Authority for its North Bay Water Reuse Program. This funding will help provide recycled water for agricultural, environmental, industrial, and landscape uses throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) introduced the Guarantee Housing for Terminally Ill Veterans Act, legislation intended to improve the Specially Adapted Housing Grants program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee and all 11 members of the Board of Supervisors today introduced a proposed $500 million general obligation bond for the November 2014 ballot for infrastructure projects that would significantly improve San Francisco’s transportation network without raising property tax rates. The bond would increase Muni reliability and travel speed, upgrade transit stops and stations, improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, and prepare for growth on the City’s busiest travel corridors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 12, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-03), a Member of the Conference Committee for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), reviewed and signed off on its bicameral, bipartisan conference report – the final version of the bill. WRRDA authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding and policies for flood protection, ports, waterways, drinking water, environmental restoration, and dam projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier this week, New America’s Asset Building Program, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC), submitted a letter urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to states about best practices for their contracts with Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) vendors, so that families accessing public assistance can do so safely and with fewer fees