This morning, homeowners and Occupiers in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles will descend upon their local Wells Fargo banks to announce their latest effort to purify the big bank. Read More

Nearly six months ago, the nation’s five largest loan providers — Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo — agreed to the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement in response to the ongoing foreclosure crisis. The terms of the settlement just went into full effect. Thanks to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, almost half the settlement — $12 billion — was set aside for our state. Read More

There are rumblings around town about a tech bubble like the one that burst following the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. Yet while tech growth in San Francisco has unquestionably fueled the economic recovery here, there is insufficient evidence to make the case for a bubble. Nonetheless, it is not too early to start thinking about what a bust could mean for the economy. Read More

Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $175 million to resolve allegations that the financial institution discriminated against qualified black and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. In the second-largest settlement of its kind, the biggest U.S. mortgage lender will pay $125 million to borrowers who were allegedly steered into higher-priced subprime loans or who paid higher fees and rates than white borrowers. Read More