South Gate Resident, Cancer Patient to Protest in Front of Los Angeles Banks

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On Tuesday, South Gate resident Ana Casas Wilson, 50, who has been waging a tough fight against Wells Fargo and US Bank in an attempt to keep her foreclosed home, will host a protest with supporters in Downtown Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has as of now not enforced the eviction order on Casas Wilson’s foreclosed home at 8968 San Juan Avenue, which was set for October 24.

Supporters have been camping out in front of her barricaded home for the past week. 

“The sheriff will arrive at any moment,” said Peter Kuhns, organizer for Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), in a telephone interview. “That is why there are still tents up.”

Casas Wilson, who has been diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer and also suffers from cerebral palsy, will be part of three protests in the United States that are asking for a nationwide halt of foreclosures on cancer patients.

According to a press release by ACCE, supporters and organizations that are currently advocating on behalf of those affected by the housing crisis will, “disrupt business at bank offices in [Los Angeles, San Francisco and Minneapolis].”

with cancer, and fell behind on her mortgage payments, in part because James, her husband, was forced to quit one his jobs to take care of her.

Her husband is now employed by the Lynwood Unified School District, and Casas Wilson can make regular payments on the house, if Wells Fargo were to agree to give her a loan modification. 

Casas Wilson accuses Wells Fargo and US Bank of ignoring her requests for a loan modification even though she can now afford to make payments.

Wells Fargo, which serviced the home loan, told Patch last that they have exhausted all retention measures, and that the eviction would take place.

“We provided loan modifications on two separate occasions [to James and Ana Casas-Wilson] and both offers were declined,” “We also have offered financial relocation assistance to help transition them to a new residence.  Those offers were turned down.”

Kuhns took issue with this statement, and also said that all measures have not been exhausted.

“Ana is not aware of any loan modification offers from Wells Fargo,” said Kuhns, in a telephone interview last week. “These banks have the option to work with Ana now, if they really wanted to, so it’s not true that all options have been exhausted.”

The protest will begin at 11 a.m. at the L.A. Central Library entrance on Flower St. This is located on 630 W. 5th St. in Downtown Los Angeles. Casas and supporters plan travel to Wells Fargo and US Bank buildings in the area. 

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