Category: Finance

Sept. 24 — EDC to present free commercial lease webinar — Creative Solutions for Commercial Landlords and Tenants During Covid-19

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2020 • Comments Off

Join us for a free webinar on commercial leasing and finding creative solutions to tenant-landlord disputes during COVID-19 with partners and associate attorneys from Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones, & Feingold.
Our excellent panel with extensive experience in lease negotiation, civil litigation, and resolving business disputes will review:
• Lease provisions during COVID-19
• The September 30th eviction moratorium
• Effect of bankruptcies on commercial tenancies
• Strategies to achieving win-win solutions for both tenants and landlords

Oct. 29 — 3rd Annual Housing Santa Barbara Day

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2020 • Comments Off

According to a recent survey distributed by the Housing Authority City of Santa Barbara (HACSB), tenants and landlords are interested in becoming better educated on housing priorities and issues unique to our region. The hot-button topics includes tenant rights and responsibilities, resources for rent and mortgage relief during the COVID-19 economic downturn, rental mediation and workforce housing. To address these and other important housing matters, 2nd story will host the 3rd annual Housing Santa Barbara Day, which has been expanded to a

5-day virtual event with workshops on Saturday, October 24th, Monday the 26th, Tuesday the 27th, Wednesday the 28th and Thursday the 29th. All workshops are free with online registration; to sign up, click here.

Nov. 19 — Bilingual report — OPAC presents: A Town Hall on the Pending Eviction Crisis

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2020 • Comments Off

OPAC, the Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation, will host a virtual Town Hall on the Pending Eviction Crisis on Thursday, November 19 from 4 to 6 pm on Zoom. The event is part of a two-year project called “CLOSE TO HOME: A Community Conversation Spotlighting the People, Places, and Perspectives Surrounding Homelessness.”

Through Dec. 13 — New Virtual Shop Local Market makes it easy to support women-owned and minority-owned small businesses, hosted by Women’s Economic Ventures

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2020 • Comments Off

Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) annual Celebration of Small Business is launching a Virtual Shop Local Market to safely bring shoppers to local small businesses this holiday season. The marketplace will feature more than 50 local, women-owned and minority-owned small businesses who are part of the WEV community. The 26-day, dynamic online shopping portal will be open online from November 17 – December 13 and can be accessed by visiting WEV’s website at www.wevonline.org

Housing Trust Fund Ventura County receives funding from five sources for affordable housing

by Community Contributor • October 31, 2019 • Comments Off

Organization on course to reach $5 million goal by December 31st, 2019 VENTURA COUNTY — Housing Trust Fund Ventura County (HTF Ventura County) announced this week that it has recently received funding support from The McCune Foundation, The Lluella Morey Murphy…

Ventura County Internal Audit Division receives highest opinion from peer review

by Community Contributor • October 15, 2019 • Comments Off

VENTURA — The County of Ventura Auditor-Controller’s Internal Audit Division (IAD) received the highest possible opinion from a recent peer review conducted for the five-year period July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2019. Specifically, the peer reviewers found that the IAD’s…

Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE), Oxnard Chapter to sponsor inaugural Ventura County Student Speeh Competition

by Community Contributor • September 27, 2019 • Comments Off

OXNARD — The Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE), Oxnard Chapter, is proud to sponsor the First Annual Ventura County Student Speech Competition. Students in grades 6-8 from Ventura County School Districts have been invited to participate. A student participant…

Housing Trust Fund Ventura County announces funding for three new affordable housing projects in Ventura and Fillmore

by Community Contributor • September 27, 2019 • Comments Off

Also receives $125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Treasury VENTURA COUNTY — Housing Trust Fund Ventura County (HTF Ventura County) is helping to successfully change the landscape of Ventura County’s affordable housing market. Its three newest funding projects would…

Rebozo Festival 2020 Grant Application Now Open

by Community Contributor • September 27, 2019 • Comments Off

$20,000 available in grant funding VENTURA COUNTY — Rebozo Festival, Inc., is pleased to announce that awards of up to $20,000 will be granted to qualified non-profit organizations that focus on the cultural, social and/or educational needs of the Ventura County…

New Ventura College Foundation Website Makes It Easier For Student To Navigate Scholarships/Financial Assistance Options

by Community Contributor • September 18, 2019 • Comments Off

VENTURA — The Ventura College Foundation has unveiled its new website designed to make it easier for students to engage with the foundation and explore scholarship opportunities, tuition relief and textbook lending options. It also provides a simple process for…

CSUCI Economics Professor Miguel Delgado Helleseter Appointed to Housing Board

by Community Contributor • September 13, 2019 • Comments Off

CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Economics Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Ph.D. has been appointed to the board of Housing Opportunities Made Easier (HOME). HOME addresses the need for balance between jobs and housing in Ventura County and works…

Oct. 29 — Oxnard to present ‘Municipal Budgeting 101’, discuss housing policy at special City Council meeting

by Community Contributor • September 1, 2019 • Comments Off

OXNARD — In order to help the community better understand the City’s budget, budgeting process and financial policies, City staff prepared a presentation that helps to explain how the City is funded, to what services the money is distributed and…

Nov. 9 — CSUCI to honor International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day with on campus panel

by Community Contributor • September 1, 2019 • Comments Off

CAMARILLO — Local female entrepreneurs who have shaped a career as a zero-waste pioneer, a business guru and a lemonade virtuoso will give a panel discussion from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s Petit Salon on Tuesday November…

Nov. 9 — ALMA and Prueter Library in Port Hueneme to present Financial Literacy Seminars in English and Spanish

by Community Contributor • September 1, 2019 • Comments Off

PORT HUENEME — The nonprofit ALMA, a 501(c) offers free Financial Literacy Seminars in English and Spanish to the community on a variety of Financial Literacy topics. The upcoming Seminar will be in English and the Topic will be Social Security…

Medicare & Social Security Seminar to be held Aug. 31 in Oxnard

by Community Contributor • August 30, 2019 • Comments Off

OXNARD — The seminar “Medicare & Social Security: Maximize Your Benefits,” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Oxnard Public Main Library, 251 S. A St., Room B, Oxnard. Click on image for more…

Bilingual commentary: Going Into Business: Franchise vs. Online

by Community Contributor • August 29, 2019 • Comments Off

Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes local guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. David Magallanes By David…

Meeting High Standards for a 9th Consecutive Year: Port Awarded Excellence in Financial Reporting

by Community Contributor • August 13, 2019 • Comments Off

PORT OF HUENEME — For the ninth consecutive year, the Port of Hueneme is being recognized for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award highlights the Port’s FY2018 Comprehensive…

Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Community Connection on Aug. 13 in Oceano

by Community Contributor • August 12, 2019 • Comments Off

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Community Connection: A one-stop-shop event connecting underrepresented groups to difficult-to-obtain benefits and services is being held in Oceano this month. The County of San Luis Obispo Veterans Services Office and the County Department of Social Services…

Oxnard College to hold Grand Opening of the Dream Resource Center on Aug. 14

by Community Contributor • August 9, 2019 • Comments Off

OXNARD — Oxnard College is pleased to announce the grand opening ceremony of the Dream Resource Center at 3 p.m. on August 14. The ceremony will be at Oxnard College, 4000 S Rose Ave., Oxnard, in the Dream Resource Center. It…