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Wage garnishment faces reform pressure in Long Beach
Long Beach residents Mary T. and Rick H. illustrate a broader problem with wage attachments used to collect debts. State and city officials plan reforms to curb the practice, aiming to require proof of debt, limit garnishment to 25 percent, and ban pre judgment attachments.
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Mary T
East Long Beach
Rick H
Belmont Shore
Long Beach
Mary
Rick
Attorney General’s
Herschel Elkins
Consumer Protection Division
Elkins
John George
Marshall’s Office
Consumer Credit Protection Act
Assembly