foreclosure
Oct
31
2012
Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast on October 29, 2012, flooding lower Manhattan and submerging parts of Wall Street. The storm left financial institutions without power and disrupted trading. The cartoon highlights the irony of powerful financial figures now dependent on first responders who may themselves be affected by the disaster as homeowners.
Jul
12
2012
In July 2012 California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Homeowner Bill of Rights to curb aggressive foreclosure practices by banks amid the ongoing housing crisis. The measure required banks to prove they owned the mortgage before foreclosing and banned dual-track foreclosures. The cartoon portrays Brown physically intervening to enforce the new protections against large financial institutions.
