College of the Desert faculty pause no-confidence vote on trustees desertsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from desertsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ACLU, others file federal complaints over Riverside County use of CARES Act funds
Three advocacy groups have filed complaints with federal oversight agencies alleging the Riverside County Sheriff s Department
misused pandemic relief funds for an office makeover with the approval of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
The supervisors unanimously voted in favor of the three expenditures of CARES Act funds during two separate meetings in May and June amounting to about $4.7 million for a variety of expenses that the groups, including the ACLU, say violate the guidelines for how the federal funds can be spent.
The complaint specifically references
Coachella City Council postpones latest council meeting to indefinite date in August desertsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from desertsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While College of the Desert faculty consider a possible vote of no confidence against the school s incoming president, Martha Garcia, and the three members of the college s board of trustees who backed her, trustee Ruben Perez is pushing back against accusations he had a conflict of interest.
Perez, the board s vice-chair, voted July 15 alongside trustees Bea Gonzalez and board chair Aurora Wilson to appoint Garcia, the current head of Imperial Valley College. Trustees Fred Jandt and Bonnie Stefan voted no.
Many members of the faculty have expressed dismay that Garcia was chosen over Annebelle Nery, vice president of instruction and acting vice president of student services at College of the Desert.