Op/ed: Bank of America should own up to its part in the mortgage mess
By Steven Mintz on August 23, 2013 The crackdown on financial institutions whose disgraceful actions in the subprime mortgage mess triggered the 2008 financial crisis have finally hit Bank of America. On Aug. 6, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued BofA for alleged securities fraud. The DOJ and SEC Read More →
Editorial: County should work with Chumash on vision for the Santa Ynez Valley
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is asking the federal government to annex the so-called Camp Four property in the Santa Ynez Valley into its reservation, a move that would remove it from Santa Barbara County’s property tax rolls and from its onerous development process. The Chumash bought the 1,390-acre property in 2010 for Read More →
Op/ed: Business owners should deal with new health care rules now
Confusion and uncertainty about the Affordable Care Act was heightened in July, when the Obama Administration postponed the large-employer health care mandate for one year, until January 2015.
Editorial: Mortgage fraud crackdown counts another success
The Ventura County District Attorney’s office has struck pay dirt in its long-running investigation into mortgage fraud.
Op/ed: Latino-owned businesses hold the key to California’s future
Sometime this summer Latinos will become the largest population group in California, exceeding whites for the first time since statehood in 1850.
Editorial: Future of turbines is blowing in the wind
Word that Acconia Energy North American has abandoned plans to build the region’s only wind farm near Lompoc comes amid a surprising resurgence in wind power for California.
Op/ed: Estate planning lessons from a Soprano
This estate plan raises several issues relevant to many people in America — even those without estates the size of Gandolfini’s.
