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Old 03-26-2010, 04:54 PM
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There has been a lot of complaining about the abuse of the welfare system, and justifiably so, but there’s another system in place that allows all illegal aliens access to our tax dollars out in the open and no one says a thing about it or asks if they’re here legally. Actually they go out of their way to help those that are here illegally. It’s the nonprofits that are getting millions in grants to do practically the same thing. Only recently have ACORN and those connected to it been exposed of the crimes that organization has committed. But there are plenty of other nonprofits who focus on providing just about everything for the illegal aliens here in this country. These nonprofits provide even more than the welfare office provide. Check out what goodies they’re giving out and ask yourself if you are receiving these things for free. But the truth is you’re probably paying for them.

These nonprofits provide: food, housing, notary, home weatherization programs weather stripping, fix broken windows, replace doors, replace old refrigerators and other appliances with new energy-efficient ones, energy-efficient light bulbs, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, water heater and furnace repairs, legal services, pay their moving cost, lease assistance, voter registration, medical, tax assistance, help getting entitlements, information and referral assistance, home energy assistance programs will pay their utility bills at least once a year, and help getting discounts on their utilities that all the other utility customers pay for, private tutors for many classes such as reading, writing and government civic education bilingual citizenship instruction language and computer skills and more.


Do you get any of that stuff for free? Yet the food banks and much of these nonprofits are receiving millions of our tax dollars to provide some of these services to the illegal aliens here. The utility freebees are charged to every utility customer on their utility bill, it is a requirement of the California Utilities Commission.


This is an article from the Thousand Oaks Acorn newspaper.
County agency awaits $1 million in federal grant money
Red tape delayed stimulus money to weatherize homes for low-income families: Nobody knew how much workers should be paid
By Angela Randazzo
Special to the Acorn
Community Action of Ventura County (CAVC) expects to get the green light soon to use nearly $1 million in federal stimulus funds to help low-income families weatherize their homes.
The nonprofit organization— one of 62 in the state to receive the special funding—hoped to have the funds available before the start of rainy season, but political red tape got in the way, said Socorro Lopez Hanson, executive director of CAVC.
OXNARD — Community Action of Ventura County will pay either one gas or electric bill for qualifying low-income families in Ventura County.
The nonprofit has leftover funds from its 2009 Home Energy Assistance Program that can be used through June.
HEAP is geared for families with the lowest incomes that pay a high portion of their household income for home energy.
Interviews are by appointment at CAVC’s office at 621 Richmond Ave. and at other locations in Ventura County. To set up an appointment or to obtain an application packet, call 436-4000.
CAVC, formerly called the Commission on Human Concerns, is a nonprofit group that helps low-income, disadvantaged and at-risk families and individuals to become self-sufficient through a variety of programs and services.
For more information on HEAP and other CAVC programs and services, call 436-4000 or visit its Web site at http://www.ca-vc.org.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/feb/...come-families/
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $151 million in funds were allocated statewide for weatherizing low-income homes. CAVC was notified last year that they would receive $996,000.
In 2009, the agency received $78,000 from the Department of Energy and weatherized 54 homes. Additional funding sources for weatherization include the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Southern California Gas and Southern California Edison.
This is description of the Nonprofit Corp.
Community Action of Ventura CO Business Information
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Community Action of Ventura CO is a private company categorized under Antipoverty Board and located in Oxnard, CA. Our records show it was established in 1965* and incorporated in California*. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of unknown and employs a staff of approximately 20 to 49.
Also Does Business As
Commission On Human Concerns*, Community Action Of Ventura County, Inc*
HQ, Branch or Single Location
Single Location
Annual Sales (Estimated)
D&B: $1,915,885*

Employees (Estimated)
20 to 49
D&B: 26*

SIC Code and Description
839914, Community Action Agencies
NAICS Code and Description
813319, Other Social Advocacy Organizations
Products, Services and Brands
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State of Incorporation
California*
Years in Business
45*
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Socorro Lopez Hanson
Executive Director F

Socorro Lopez Hanson is also the Co chair of Women Economic Justice Project which is part of CAUSE, the nonprofit trying to overturn Prop. 13.

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Old 03-27-2010, 01:49 PM
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You see here what I'm referring to. This is how Obama is trying to infuse money into the nonprofits and give it to "the poor" but like everything else these so called "progressives" do, it's a failure. This is from Fox News:

Obama's Weatherizing Program Off to Stormy Start
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After a year of crippling delays, President Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.
After a year of crippling delays, President Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.
In Indiana, state-trained workers flubbed insulation jobs. In Alaska, Wyoming and the District of Columbia, the program has yet to produce a single job or retrofit one home. And in California, a state with nearly 37 million residents, the program at last count had created 84 jobs.
The program was a hallmark of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a way to shore up the economy while encouraging people to conserve energy at home. But government rules about how to run what was deemed to be a "shovel-ready" project, including how much to pay contractors and how to protect historic homes during renovations, have thwarted chances at early success, according to an Associated Press review of the program.
"It seems like every day there is a new wrench in the works that keeps us from moving ahead," said program manager Joanne Chappell-Theunissen. She has spent the past several months mailing in photographs of old houses in rural Michigan to meet federal historic preservation rules. "We keep playing catch-up."
The stimulus package gave a jolt to the decades-old federal Weatherization Assistance Program. Weatherization money flows from Washington to the states, where it is passed to local nonprofits that hire contractors to spread insulation and install efficient heaters in people's homes.
Energy officials said the stimulus infusion is on track to create thousands of career-pathway jobs and support an industry that lowers carbon emissions while saving consumers money.
"This is the beginning of the next industrial revolution with the explosion of clean energy investments," said assistant U.S. Energy Secretary Cathy Zoi. "These are good jobs that are here to stay."
But after a year, the stimulus program has retrofitted 30,250 homes -- about 5 percent of the overall goal -- and fallen well short of the 87,000 jobs that the department planned, according to the latest available figures.
As the Obama administration promotes a second home energy-savings program -- a $6 billion rebate plan -- some experts are asking whether that will pay off for homeowners or for the planet.
"A very rosy picture was painted that energy efficiency would be a great way to create jobs and save money," said Michael Shellenberger, an energy expert who heads the Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland-based think tank that is financed by nonpartisan foundations and works on energy, climate change and health care issues. "The Obama administration risks overpromising again."
Many states held off on weatherizing under the stimulus over concerns about a Depression-era law that requires contractors to pay workers wages equal to those paid for local public works projects. The U.S. Labor Department issued wage rules for every county in the country in September but after receiving about 100 complaints, changed the wage rates again a few months later.
Bureaucratic delays kept officials in Austin, Texas, from weatherizing anything while they waited to hire furnace technicians under a $7.4 million federal grant, of which they received the first installment this month.
The recession itself has compounded the problems, since hiring freezes in some states meant there weren't enough public employees to administer the program.
In California, where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered many state workers to take "Furlough Fridays," the program had created 84 jobs and weatherized 12 homes at last official count, in December. Officials say 849 homes have been completed and estimate 200 hundred jobs have been created or saved since then.
Energy Department spokeswoman Jen Stutsman said the program produced 8,500 jobs nationwide from October to December 2009, but said she could not provide job creation figures for the last full year since federal guidelines for measuring the program's impact changed in the fall.
Zoi said the number of jobs created and homes completed would rise quickly as the program emerged from its startup phase, and that it was on target to meet overall goals. Now that the money is trickling down more quickly, auditors are fretting over how to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
The Energy Department plans to hire one program officer for each state to watch for waste, fraud and mismanagement.
That also will help to ensure crews' performance is up to snuff.
In Illinois, the staff of the department's inspector general, Gregory Friedman, discovered that one agency weatherization inspector missed a dangerous gas leak on a newly installed furnace. State and local officials told auditors they would make sure the leak was fixed and retool statewide training materials.
In Indiana, where workers were required to go through a state weatherization training program, local managers say they have spent hours teaching new recruits to do their jobs properly.
"We keep getting inundated with all kinds of people who want a paycheck, but just aren't qualified to do this kind of work," said Bertha Proctor, who heads a nonprofit contracting agency in Vincennes, Ind.
Still, some of the stimulus program's flexible standards have allowed for innovation.
In Portland, Ore., local officials are reporting an energy-saving boon that has helped minority-owned businesses in the job-starved construction industry. Ohio, which had a strong weatherization program in place at the outset, had completed 6,814 homes by the end of last year, more than a fifth of the total nationwide.
Legislation authorizing a second energy savings program is moving slowly through Congress. Many details of the plan, including how long it will run and its total cost, still need to be worked out. The Obama administration said the "HomeStar" program would reward homeowners who buy energy-saving equipment with an on-the-spot rebate of $1,000 or more, and hope it could become as popular as last year's Cash for Clunkers money-back program for cars and trucks.
Micheline Guilbeault, 65, of Lawton, Okla., whose home was weatherized through the stimulus package, said she thought the new proposal would encourage more homeowners to go green.
"My house doesn't shudder anymore when the wind blows," Guilbeault said. "With the door that they just put in, I'm sure that the bill will go down because myself, I can feel the difference."
Still, some government watchdog groups said taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook paying for home improvements if the government has yet to release figures showing how much weatherizing saves.
"The government should have stayed out of the weatherizing business in the first place," said Leslie Paige of Washington-based Citizens Against Government Waste. "This is a way to rapidly expand and entrench an existing program without ever going back and looking at the rationale or intent or effectiveness."
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The money is wasted, in part, by this:

Belief in taxpayer funded productivity:

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"This is the beginning of the next industrial revolution with the explosion of clean energy investments," said assistant U.S. Energy Secretary Cathy Zoi. "These are good jobs that are here to stay."
The real world, devoid of social theory, result:

Quote:
"We keep getting inundated with all kinds of people who want a paycheck, but just aren't qualified to do this kind of work," said Bertha Proctor, who heads a nonprofit contracting agency in Vincennes, Ind.
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I have a sincere question about this, and seek an answer for the welfare situation as well:

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There has been a lot of complaining about the abuse of the welfare system, and justifiably so, but there’s another system in place that allows all illegal aliens access to our tax dollars out in the open and no one says a thing about it or asks if they’re here legally.
What are the exact names of government employees who instruct their subordinates not to investigate legality or cost effectiveness of programs? Who, beyond layer insulated Obama, is responsible for giving my tax money to non profits which discriminate against American citizens? How can the layers be peeled back to reveal those who are operatively responsible? Something which can stand up to charges of defamation?

This is a wonderful start, and there is certainly no criticism of the effort on my part, but until we can identify government employees directly responsible and the offices they occupy, there is no remedy.
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The money is wasted, in part, by this:

Belief in taxpayer funded productivity:



The real world, devoid of social theory, result:



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I have a sincere question about this, and seek an answer for the welfare situation as well:



What are the exact names of government employees who instruct their subordinates not to investigate legality or cost effectiveness of programs? Who, beyond layer insulated Obama, is responsible for giving my tax money to non profits which discriminate against American citizens? How can the layers be peeled back to reveal those who are operatively responsible? Something which can stand up to charges of defamation?

This is a wonderful start, and there is certainly no criticism of the effort on my part, but until we can identify government employees directly responsible and the offices they occupy, there is no remedy.
Well we recently saw ACORN be exposed, but of course those that did the exposing had a price to pay. What I see is that no one is even asking questions about these nonprofits or how they are truly operating. Even with the exposure of ACORN it was hard to connect the dots to all that they were involved in.

What I've been doing is searching out who the board members are and trying to find the different nonprofits those board members are involved in. Many overlap, and are on the board of more than one. I've also been looking into some of their history and trying to follow their trail.

The one that bothers me a great deal is the one that's trying to overturn Prop 13. That would really harm millions of citizens in California.

One way to find these leftist nonprofits is on Craigslist. Go there and check out the nonprofit jobs they are offering. I have one guy in Lake Tahoe who has connections here in Ventura County who is interested in what I'm doing. He has some friends who are attorneys and CPA down here and said he has contacted them to investigate into CAUSE in Ventura. I'll try to stay on it.
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Here is another Nonprofit project that only the few select can cash in on. Notice how the requirements are associated with Nonprofits:

http://www.gridalternatives.org/sash
Single-family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH)
Overview
The Single-family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) Program, a California Solar Initiative program, is funded by California ratepayers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) . GRID Alternatives manages the SASH Program on behalf of the CPUC. The goal of the program is to provide qualifying low-income homeowners with access to photovoltaic (PV) systems to decrease electricity usage and bills without increasing monthly household expenses. In addition to providing low-income homeowners with reduced electricity bills, the SASH Program will also benefit the communities it serves by leveraging local green-job training and workforce development programs to assist with installing the solar systems.To decrease the expense burden for low-income homeowners, the SASH Program provides eligible homeowners with a higher incentive than the California Solar Initiative (CSI) general market program (see “Incentives” section for details).
Homeowners - To see if you qualify for the SASH program please email us at sash@gridalternatives.org or call (866) 921-4696.
Contractors - If your company is interested in becoming a SASH Subcontractor Partner please complete the Subcontractor Partnership Program (SPP) Application.
Downloadable SASH Brochures:

Who Qualifies
To qualify for the SASH Program, the Applicant must meet the following minimum requirements:
A. The project’s Site must be within the service territory of, and receive electric service from PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E.
B. The residence must be occupied by the homeowner/applicant.
C. The household’s total income must be 80% of the area median income (AMI) or less based on the most recent available income tax return.
*Area Median Income is subject to annual changes based upon Housing and Urban Development's income guidelines.
D. The residence must meet the California Public Utilities (P.U.) Code 2852 affordable housing requirement, defined as one of the following:
1) An individual owner-occupied residence sold at an affordable housing cost to a lower income household that is subject to:
a. a resale restriction, or;
b. an equity sharing agreement for which the homeowner does not receive a greater share of equity than described in paragraph (2) of subdivision(c) of Section 65915 of the Government Code.
The resale restriction or equity sharing agreement must be held with a public entity or a qualifying 501(c)(3)nonprofit affordable housing provider.
2) An owner-occupied residence that is part of a multi-family complex and is financed with low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, or local, state, or federal loans or grants, and where the affordable units have been or will be initially sold at an affordable housing cost to a lower income household and those units are subject to a resale restriction or equity sharing agreement pursuant to the terms of the financing or financial assistance.
3) An owner-occupied residence that is part of a multi-family complex inwhich at least 20 percent of the total housing units have been or willbe initially sold at an affordable cost to a lower income household andthose units are subject to:
a. a resale restriction, or;
b. an equity sharing agreement for which the homeowner does not receive agreater share of equity than described in paragraph (2) of subdivision(c) of Section 65915 of the Government Code.
The resale restriction or equity sharing agreement must be held with a public entity or a qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofit affordable housing provider.
Incentives

Installations will be provided a one-time payment under the Expected Performance Based Buydown (EPBB) structure to help reduce the cost of installation. The SASH Program only offers the EPBB incentive and does not offer the Performance Based Incentive (PBI). The SASH Program has seven incentive payment levels based on the applicant’s income compared to the area median income (AMI), tax liability, and eligibility in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program (check with your electric utility provider for more information on CARE).
Fully Subsidized (Free Systems) - The SASH Program provides a full-subsidy for 1 kW systems to owner-occupied households that qualify as “extremely low income” or “very low income” (i.e., up to 50% of area median income). This SASH incentive is capped at a maximum of $10,000 per qualifying household. A household that qualifies for a free system can either install the free 1 kW system or take a partial subsidy, as described in the table below, for a larger system.
Highly Subsidized Systems - A substantial subsidy is available to customers whose total household income is below 80% of the area median income. This subsidy is calculated on a sliding-scale that is based on the homeowner’s tax liability and the customer’s eligibility and participation in the CARE program. If the Applicant qualifies for the CARE program but is not currently enrolled, GRID Alternatives will work with the Applicant to enroll them into the CARE program.
SASH Program: Solar Incentives in $/Watt

Federal Income Tax Liability Qualifying Low-Income CARE-Eligible Homeowners Qualifying Low-Income Homeowners not eligible for CARE
$0 $7.00/W $5.75/W
$1 to $1000 $6.50/W $5.25/W
$1001 + $6.00/W $4.75/W

Application & Installation Processes
1. Potential applicants can contact GRID Alternatives toll-free at (866) 921-4696 or e-mail sash@gridalternatives.org to see if you qualify for the SASH Program. After an initial pre-screening phone conversation, GRID Alternatives will set up a meeting with the Applicant to discuss the details of the SASH Program, complete an application, and answer any questions.
2. GRID Alternatives will review all applications and ensure their completeness and confirm all required documentation has been provided. The following documents are required:
i. Completed SASH Application
ii.Copy of most recent available federal income tax return
iii. Copy of most recent electricity bill
iv. Proof that the residence is California Public Utilities Code 2852 compliant.
3. If the Applicant qualifies for the SASH program, a Construction site visit will be scheduled to determine if the Site is suitable for a PV-solar installation. A printout of CSI EPBB Calculator will be required to ensure the system design meets the 95% Design Factor requirement (to be completed by the installer).
4. Upon completion of the system design, the Applicant will receive notification from GRID Alternatives confirming the incentive reservation. *Incentive funds are not reserved until GRID Alternatives receives all information and documentation required for the Reservation and the project is approved.
5. The project will then be scheduled and installed. After the system installation is complete, the system must be inspected and utility interconnected before the incentive is paid.
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What I've been doing is searching out who the board members are and trying to find the different nonprofits those board members are involved in. Many overlap, and are on the board of more than one. I've also been looking into some of their history and trying to follow their trail.
This is just like corporate boards of directors, a lot of them are the same people and have great potential to manipulate the economy, but few know and understand that. We live in a national fiction of "competition" where the "competitors" serve on each others boards and rubber stamp each others CEO decisions - while just being "separate" enough to make the scam legal.

Do the non profits utilize corporate legality of the organization as a "person", largely letting parasitical manipulators off the hook for unethical or incompetent "management"?

Do they make their personal living off the "non profits", multiplying their income through multiple board membership?

How are members of these boards chosen, are they voted in by a membership of some sort or do they fill vacant or newly created positions with cronies?

How is compensation determined and dispensed?

Is there a way to disrupt their gravy train?
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