California must repay $331 million to homeowners fund

Pay backBy Gretchen Morgenson | The Wall Street Journal

A court ruled late Friday that California is obligated to return $331 million that it took from a fund designated to help troubled borrowers but instead used to plug holes in the state’s budget.

The ruling, by a state court judge in Sacramento, came in response to a lawsuit filed last year against Gov. Jerry Brown by three nonprofit groups offering counseling to homeowners. They contended that Mr. Brown improperly diverted some of the money California received in 2012 as part of a $25 billion nationwide settlement with the country’s largest banks over mortgage servicing improprieties.

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