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HUD Awards Almost $20 Million for Riverside and SB Homeless Programs

December 22, 2016 by Ole Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday that it has awarded almost $2 billion to over 7,000 homeless assistance organizations throughout the Country.

Combined, Riverside and San Bernardino organizations were awarded almost $20 million. To see the entire list, click here.

The following tables show the organizations in Riverside and San Bernardino (source: HUD)

 

CA-608 – Riverside City & County CoC
Behavioral Health – Coachella Valley Permanent Housing 498,468
Behavioral Health – Men’s Permanent Housing 149,366
Behavioral Health – Rapid Rehousing 142,117
Behavioral Health – Riverside Permanent Housing 359,743
Behavioral Health HHOPE Consolidated Permanent Housing 495,415
City of Riverside PSH Chronically Homeless 125,598
City of Riverside PSH for Disabled 123,556
City of Riverside Rapid Re-Housing 229,728
County of Riverside CES Project 500,000
County of Riverside CoC Planning Project FY 2016 315,901
Desert Horizon PSH 431,577
HMIS Consolidated 344,072
Housing Authority Consolidated 510,304
Housing Authority Consolidated All County 448,217
Housing Authority EHOP 42,739
Housing Authority Street to Home Chronic Homeless Project 114,993
JFS Desert Vista Permanent Housing 684,148
Lighthouse SSC Permanent Housing for Disabled Women with Children 232,149
Lighthouse SSC Rapid Rehousing 263,274
Path of Life PSH 1,314,354
Path of Life Rapid Rehousing 345,549
POLM RRH East County 377,260
Shelter Plus Care Project Based w/OSH 72,803
Stepping Up in Riverside 888,903
US Vets Riverside Permanent Housing 375,292
CA-608 Total $9,385,526
CA-609 – San Bernardino City & County CoC
2016 Fast Linkage And Secure Housing – 211 Coordinated Entry 403,136
CoC Planning Project Application FY2016 336,602
Cornerstone 400,415
HMIS Renewal 2016 250,158
Homes of Hope 361,001
Hope For Heroes 2 FY 2016 328,896
Hope for Heroes FY 2016 487,237
Hope Partners’ Family Stabilization Program 141,137
Infinite Horizons – RRH FY 2016 518,002
KEYS for Life 241,021
Keys for Success 285,480
Lantern Woods 225,214
Laurelbrook Estates 357,984
New Hope, Too! (2016) 39,145
New Horizon 1,865,076
Permanent Housing for Homeless with HIV/AIDS 76,455
Project Gateway 182,550
Step Up in San Bernardino Bonus Funds Application FY2016 361,002
Step Up in San Bernardino Renewal FY2016 1,544,888
Stepping Stones 331,739
TAY Permanent Supportive Housing 187,011
The Salvation Army Permanent Supportive Housing Program 200,002
U.S.VETS – Inland Empire Renewal FY2016 1,021,292
Whispering Pines 194,141
CA-609 Total $10,339,584

Filed Under: Government, People Tagged With: city of riverside, homeless services, inland empire, riverside, riverside california, riverside county, san bernardino, san bernardino county

Please Don’t Use Your Cell Phone During a Movie

March 31, 2012 by Ole 2 Comments

Cell phone use during a movie bugs me, whether it is the beacon of light emanating from a cell phone screen in the dark movie theater or the sound of someone carrying on a conversation.

Although I know that I am not the only who feels this way, The Hollywood Reporter revealed some interesting findings in a survey of 750 social network users ranging in age from 13 to 49 conducted by market research firm Penn Schoen Berland:

Fifty-five percent of moviegoers have texted during a movie. And film moguls, take note: The poll found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believe using social media while watching a movie in a theater would add to their experience, and nearly half would be interested in going to theaters that allowed texting and web surfing. “Millennials want their public moviegoing experience to replicate their own private media experiences,” says Penn.

Apparently, the “please turn off your cell phones” announcements aren’t working too well.

I have never seen a movie theater employee ask someone to stop using a cell phone during a movie, so I sometimes end up doing it myself.

So, if someone asks you to stop using your cell phone during a movie at Corona Crossings, Dos Lagos or the Tyler Galleria, it just might be me.

Filed Under: Movies, People Tagged With: movie theaters

No, Rudy!

December 17, 2011 by Ole Leave a Comment

I can’t count how many times I have watched the movie “Rudy”. Whenever “Rudy” appears in the DIRECTV guide, a few of my family members moan because they think that I might watch it yet again.

If you’re not familiar with this movie, it is based on the inspirational story of Daniel Ruettiger, a “5 foot nothin’, 100 and nothin'” football player with “barely a speck of athletic ability” who realized his dream of playing football for Notre Dame. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1976.

Great movie. Great story.

Fast forward to yesterday…

SEC Charges Rudy Ruettiger and Others in Penny Stock Manipulation Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges today against Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger and twelve other individuals who participated in a pump-and-dump scheme involving the stock of Rudy Nutrition, a now defunct Nevada corporation. […]

The complaint alleges that the scheme generated more than $11 million in illicit profits. […]

Without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, nine of the defendants – Ruettiger, Brandonisio, DeCesare, Kaplan, Mustafoglu, Padilla, Panetta, Quinn, and Yocom – have agreed to final judgments, which are subject to Court approval:

Ruettiger has consented to a final judgment that orders disgorgement of $185,750, prejudgment interest of $11,366, and a civil penalty of $185,750… link

I checked out the “Official Rudy Ruettiger web site” today, and read his inspirational messages. One stood out:

Insight #6

Follow your passion instead of the dollar. “There’s nothing wrong with making money … but, it’s important to focus on your passion instead of the dollar. For me, decisions based on my passion brought me closer to my Dream, while decisions based only on money took me further away. If you focus on what really fulfills you, you will have success. The dollar alone does not bring happiness.” link

Maybe Rudy was following his passion but got caught up in an alleged scheme orchestrated by others:

According to the SEC’s complaint, Ruettiger was the principal founder and namesake of a company called Rudy Beverage Inc. that he and a college friend ran out of South Bend, Ind. until October 2007, when Rocky Brandonisio became the company’s president and day-to-day business manager. He moved the company’s operations to Las Vegas, where he and Ruettiger live. Ruettiger remained CEO. During this time, the company struggled financially with few customers, few assets, and no profits.

The SEC alleges that Ruettiger and Brandonisio brought in an experienced penny stock promoter named Stephen DeCesare to orchestrate a public distribution of company stock in late 2007. Ruettiger knew DeCesare from previous business dealings, and they were neighbors in Las Vegas. Ruettiger and Brandonisio gave DeCesare sufficient control to turn Rudy Beverage into a publicly traded company. DeCesare became the primary organizer of the resulting pump-and-dump scheme. link (emphasis added)

Then again, the SEC alleges that Ruettiger and his company did receive some of the proceeds:

88. DeCesare told Dynkowski and Smanjak that they would need to put capital into RUNU to keep it alive. Ruettiger and Brandonisio wanted $800,000. While Smanjak and Dynkowski were not willing to pay RUNU before the second phase of the scheme began, they agreed to pay the company from the proceeds of the first set of stock sales by Smanjak’s dump accounts. […]

96. In reality, the money (which was actually in the amount of $797,500) was the payment from Dynkowski and Smanjak, described above, which they generated from the sales of unregistered shares of RUNU stock through the Panamanian entities. RUNU used most of the money to payoff outstanding debts, including $85,750 allegedly owed to Ruettiger. […]

113. DeCesare received $1.2 million of this money, from which he paid Quinn (approximately $200,000) and Ruettiger ($50,000). DeCesare’s total illicit proceeds from both rounds of the scheme were $1,341,366.

114. Quinn generated $21,035 from selling RUNU in his own account during the second phase of the scheme, and he separately paid Ruettiger $50,000. Quinn’s total illicit proceeds from both rounds of the scheme were $197,286. link

The SEC also alleges that Ruettiger knew or was reckless in not knowing that numerous press releases and filings were false, misleading or contained misstatements:

46. Ruettiger, Brandonisio, Kaplan, DeCesare, and Quinn knew or were reckless in not knowing that the purpose of RUNU issuing such stock was to distribute it into the public market in violation of the federal securities laws. […]

73. Ruettiger, Brandonisio, DeCesare, and Quinn knew or were reckless in not knowing that the statements about Canteen and Vistar in the press releases were materially false.

74. RUNU repeated the false or misleading claim that it had signed a “national distribution agreement” with Vistar in its Forms 8-K and 10-K filed with the Commission respectively on February 15 and October 14,2008. Defendants Ruettiger and Brandonisio signed the Form lO-K, and Ruettiger signed the Form 8-K. They knew or were reckless in not knowing that no such agreement with Vistar existed. […]

84. Ruettiger, Brandonisio, and Kaplan knew or were reckless in not knowing that RUNU had made material omissions in its filings with the Commission by not reporting the issuances of RUNU stock to entities controlled by Mulholland, Padilla, DeCesare, and Quinn between February and April 2008. […]

97. Ruettiger, Brandonisio, DeCesare, Dynkowski, Kaplan, and Quinn knew or were reckless in not knowing that the May 29,2008 press release was false and misleading. […]

109. This was a false statement. In reality, RUNU issued 301 million shares of purportedly unrestricted stock during this period to third parties (mostly to Smanjak’s entities). Ruettiger and Brandonisio knew or were reckless in not knowing that RUNU had made a material misstatement in its filing with the Commission. link

I hope that Rudy reads his Insight #6 again.

I still love the movie.

Filed Under: People

Occupy Riverside?

October 16, 2011 by Ole 1 Comment

I drove by Main / University in downtown Riverside this morning to see the Occupy Riverside protest firsthand.

There seemed to be more signs than people.

Filed Under: People, Politics Tagged With: downtown riverside, occupy riverside

Good Samaritan at AT&T Wireless

May 12, 2009 by Ole Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I went to buy a new cell phone at the AT&T Wireless store in Corona Crossings. When it came time to pay, I realized that I had left my wallet at home. This was supposed to be a quick stop before taking my two oldest kids out for dinner. As I was putting my old cell phone back together and explaining to my kids that dinner would have to wait, the man next to me at the counter offered to let me (a complete stranger) borrow $200 so I could pay my bill and feed my hungry kids. I thanked him profusely, but told him that I would go back and get my wallet instead.

Although I didn’t “need” the help, I am thankful that there are people out there who are willing to help a complete stranger.

Thank you to the Good Samaritan I met yesterday.

Filed Under: People Tagged With: good samaritan

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