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California bill aimed at making it easier for migrants to buy homes makes major advancement

California bill aimed at making it easier for migrants to buy homes makes major advancement

A key California Senate committee advanced a bill this week that would allow migrants and illegal immigrants to use a program aimed at helping widen the swath of the population who can become a homebuyer. The “Dream For All” shared-appreciation loan program is billed by the state as a down-payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers. When the qualified homeowner later sells or transfers the home, the homebuyer repays the original loan’s down payment, as well as a share of the residence’s value appreciation, according to the California Housing Finance Agency (CALHFA). In a 5-2 party-line vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the bill prohibiting an applicant for “Dream For All” from being disqualified based on their immigration status. While foreign-born individuals are able to purchase homes in the U.S. by using an individual tax identification number in the absence of a Social Security number, the bill is unique in that it helps offer the benefits of homeownership to everyone, its author said. BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS WREAKING HAVOC ON K-12 SCHOOLS SAYS TOP GOP LAWMAKER “When undocumented individuals are excluded from such programs, they miss out on a crucial method of securing financial security and personal stability for themselves and their families,” Democratic Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula said in a statement obtained by The Center Square. With Arambula’s bill already having passed the state assembly, it only requires passage by the Democrat-supermajority state Senate and signature by Gov. Gavin Newsom to become law. In its original form, the “Dream For All” program may have “worked too well,” the Sacramento Bee wrote earlier this year. The paper reported $300 million in loans were claimed in less than two weeks, which led to a housing agency spokesperson saying the first-come-first-serve model it employed will be replaced with a lottery. FLASHBACK: PA REPUBLICANS DRAFT BILL DIVERTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SECRETIVE BIDEN DHS FLIGHTS TO DELAWARE “We really want to make sure that funds for this round are distributed equitably,” CALHFA’s Eric Johnson said at the time. The Bee’s analysis also showed the bill would not, like other similar legislative efforts, affect the Golden State’s budget deficit. Fox News Digital reached out to the state assembly’s top Republican, Assemblymember James Gallagher, for minority party reaction, but did not receive a response by press time. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP After the bill was first introduced earlier this year, state Sen. Brian Dahle, a Republican, called it an “insult to California citizens who are already being priced out of homeownership.” “[G]ive priority to those who are in our state legally.”

Michelle Obama tells DNC her parents were ‘suspicious’ of the wealthy despite own $70M net worth, luxury homes

Michelle Obama tells DNC her parents were ‘suspicious’ of the wealthy despite own M net worth, luxury homes

Michelle Obama said during her speech on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Tuesday that her parents “were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed.” But critics quickly pointed out how she conveniently omitted that the Obamas have an estimated net worth of $70 million, as well as luxury real estate holdings in Chicago, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.  The former first lady began her DNC speech by saying the last time she was in her hometown of Chicago was to memorialize her mother, the woman “who showed me the meaning of hard work and humility and decency” and “who set my moral compass high and showed me the power of my own voice.”  “She and my father didn’t aspire to be wealthy. In fact, they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed,” Michelle Obama said. “They understood that it wasn’t enough for their kids to thrive if everyone else around us was drowning. So my mother volunteered at the local school.”  Her mother “always looked out for the other kids on the block” and “was glad to do the thankless, unglamorous work that for generations has strengthened the fabric of this nation,” Michelle Obama continued. “The belief that if you do unto others, if you love thy neighbor. If you work and scrape and sacrifice, it will pay off. If not for you, then maybe for your children or your grandchildren.”  DEMONSTRATORS SHOUT ‘F— YOU’ AT CHICAGO POLICE, MORE THAN 70 ARRESTED ON 2ND NIGHT OF DNC “You see, those values have been passed on through family farms and factory towns, through tree-lined streets and crowded tenements, through prayer groups and National Guard units and social studies classroom. Those were the values my mother poured into me until her very last breath,” she said. “Kamala Harris and I built our lives on those same foundational values. Even though our mothers grew up an ocean apart, they shared the same belief in the promise of this country.”  One X user, who goes by ProudArmyBrat, decried the perceived hypocrisy to her more than 463,600 followers.  “The Obama’s have a net worth of $70 million. They own 4 luxurious properties: – Washington DC home bought for $8.1M – Martha’s Vineyard home bought for $11.75M – Beachfront home in Hawaii bought for $8.7M – Chicago home bought for $1.65M,” she wrote. “Getting really tired of multi-millionaires preaching about the evils of money and greed.”  Trump War Room, the official account of former President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, also shared a clip of Michelle Obama’s speech.  “Michelle Obama says her parents ‘were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed.’ She has a net worth of $70 million and lives in a mansion in Martha’s Vineyard,” the account wrote to its 2 million followers. Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume said “the speech of the night was Michelle Obama,” but also noted the disconnect from the former first lady’s message and her elite lifestyle. CRITICS CLAIM BIDEN REMAINS PRESIDENT ‘IN NAME ONLY’ DESPITE DNC VOW TO FINISH NEXT 5 MONTHS OF TERM STRONG “She is an extraordinarily impressive woman, former first lady of the United States. You can see why members of the Democratic Party always kind of hoped that maybe she’d step in and run for president,” he said. “It does however, I have to say this, get a little rich when she starts talking about hope.” “Remember she famously said when her husband was on the cusp of winning his party’s nomination it was the first time in her life that she had felt hope because of what he brought and what he was bringing,” Hume said. “Here she is tonight saying it again. I can’t imagine why somebody who’s had the life she had, a product of Princeton and Harvard Law School, an elite law firm, the first lady of the United States, with a magnificent house on Martha’s Vineyard worth about $12 million and another one going up in Hawaii, why it is that she’s so hopeless all the time and has to have her hope revived by the goings-on in the Democratic Party.”  MIchelle Obama declared in her speech Tuesday: “America, hope is making a comeback.”  She then tore into Trump, a sharp shift from the 2016 convention speech in which she told her party, “When they go low, we go high.” “His limited and narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hardworking, highly educated, successful people who also happened to be Black,” Michelle Obama said of Trump. She was followed by her husband, Barack Obama, the first Black president in U.S. history. He insisted the nation is ready to elect Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage and would be the nation’s first female president. He also called Trump “a 78-year-old billionaire who hasn’t stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago.” “It’s been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that’s actually gotten worse now that he’s afraid of losing to Kamala,” he said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Walz unknown by 4 in 10 Americans, but favorability rating tops Vance: poll

Walz unknown by 4 in 10 Americans, but favorability rating tops Vance: poll

A national poll finds that the 2024 vice presidential nominees are both still fighting to make themselves known to the U.S. voting public.  The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, shows 4 out of 10 Americans don’t know enough about Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to form an opinion.  The same goes for about 3 out of 10 Americans regarding Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee. WALZ VS. VANCE: NEW POLL REVEALS WHICH VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IS FAVORED AMONG VOTERS Walz is currently enjoying a higher level of support among U.S. adults, maintaining a 36% favorability rating compared to Vance’s 27%.  This is compounded by Vance’s higher unfavorability rating among those polled, with 44% holding an unfavorable view compared to Walz’s 25%. Vance’s popularity within the Republican Party is on the rise. In mid-July, only 3 out of 10 Republicans reported favorable feelings towards the Ohio senator as former President Donald Trump’s running mate — 6 out of 10 didn’t know enough about him. TRUMP, VANCE HIT BATTLEGROUND STATES AS THEY COUNTER-PROGRAM HARRIS, WALZ AT DNC The current polling finds that Vance’s support within the Republican Party has doubled to 6 out of 10 among Republicans — mostly attributable to a rise in awareness about him and his policies. Similarly, the AP-NORC poll found Walz maintains favorable opinions with 6 out of 10 Democrats, with approximately 3 out of 10 not knowing enough about him to form an opinion.  The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll was conducted from Aug. 8 to Aug. 12.  It surveyed 1,164 adults via the NORC “probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel,” which it describes as “designed to be representative of the U.S. population.” Its margin of error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.