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Riverside County gets over $1M for housing, pedestrian projects; city puts out call for commissioners By City News Service
panels that help guide policies related to parks, utilities, the municipal budget and other components of local government are being sought to fill a range of voluntary positions, officials said Thursday. “The mayor and council members value the input from our community volunteers,” City Clerk Donesia Gause said. “Serving on a board or commission is a great way to give back to your city, being a vital link in meeting the needs of the community.” There are a total of 15 commissions and boards that currently have vacancies. They are the: -- Airport Commission; -- Board of Ethics; -- Board of Library Trustees; -- Board of Public Utilities; -- Budget Engagement Commission; -- Commission on Aging; -Commission on
Deputy to stand trial for allegedly exploiting female inmates By City News Service
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close proximity to the Pedley Metrolink station. The smallest allocation among the Riverside County projects will go to Moreno Valley, with a total $294,018 for the “Pedestrian Access Plan.” According to SCAG, the project calls for establishing “pedestrian routes to access major employment centers, shopping centers, regional transit centers, schools and residential neighborhoods.” Accommodations for “vulnerable road users,” including the physically disabled and children, is a primary objective of the effort. More information on the REAP funding is available at https://scag.ca.gov/sites/ main/files/file-attachments/ cehd100523fullpacket. pdf?1695932991. City of Riverside seeks volunteers for budget, parks other panels Riverside residents interested in serving on advisory
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Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy accused of engaging in sex acts with female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme must stand trial on nearly a dozen felony counts, a judge ruled Thursday. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee, was arrested last month following an investigation by the sheriff’s department. At the end of a two-day preliminary hearing, Superior Court Judge Jorge Hernandez found there was sufficient evidence to bound Heidecker over for trial on four counts each of extortion and a public official seeking bribes, as well as three counts of witness intimidation. However, the judge dismissed four counts of attempted penetration with a foreign object and three counts of being a detention officer engaging in sex while on duty. It was not immediately clear whether the District Attorney’s Office intended to re-file those charges. Hernandez scheduled a post-preliminary hearing arraignment for Oct. 19 at the Banning Justice Center and left Heidecker’s bail set at $200,000. He is being held at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta. According to sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Brosche, in August investigators were tipped off to alleged criminal behavior
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ore than $1.2 million in state funds were awarded for construction of housing and pedestrian access ways in the Riverside metropolitan area, it was announced Thursday. Three Riverside-area projects were included in a $12.3 million appropriation across six counties, according to the Southern California Association of Governments. SCAG’s Regional Council approved the distribution under the state’s Regional Early Action Planning, or REAP, 2.0 grant program. “We congratulate these awardees for the innovative approaches they’re taking in addressing housing and land-use across the Inland Empire and Southern California and applaud the collaboration and hard work that went into securing this critical funding,” SCAG Regional Council Vice President Curt Hagman said. The funds originated from Senate Bill 1 — the Road Repair & Accountability Act of 2017 — revenue, derived from gas taxes and cap-andtrade receipts. Riverside is slated to receive $500,000 for the “Missing Middle Prototype Plans for Infill Housing Sites” project, which is intended to expand housing inventory in locations designated for low-rise residential projects. The project focuses mainly on streamlining the permitting process to put these types of development plans on a fast track, according to SCAG. Jurupa Valley will receive $478,894 for the “Pedley Town Center Plan,” centered on mixed-use zoning in the existing town center area, with the objective of making living space available in
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Disabilities; -- Commission on the Deaf; -- Community Police Review Commission; -- Cultural Heritage Board; -- Human Relations Commission; -- Human Resources Board; -- Museum of Riverside Board; -- Park & Recreation Commission; and -- the Transportation Board. To be eligible to serve, an applicant must be a city resident and registered to vote. Terms run four years, and members are permitted to serve two consecutive terms. The current application window is open until Nov. 3. More information and applications are available at https://www.riversideca. gov/cityclerk/boardscommissions.
Palm Desert woman who attacked 3 women found competent for retrial By City News Service
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jury Tuesday found a Palm Desert woman who attempted to kill her sister and almost ran over her mother mentally competent to stand for a sanity retrial on two felony counts from when she attacked a third woman and committed arson. Jurors returned a verdict Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio finding Erin Leah Richey, 44, mentally competent to be retried on her sanity for when she committed one felony count each of assault on a person causing great bodily injury and arson on an inhabited structure, according to court records. A trial date was set for Nov. 13. “Competence deals with whether, today, the defendant can understand the proceedings and rationally assist their attorney,” according to spokesperson Brooke Beare of the See Palm Desert woman Page 28