The Desert Sun announced an attorney for College of the Desert accused a local activist group of violating California’s Political Reform Act by sending out flyers and promoting social media ads critical of board trustees and raising questions about how the college is spending bond money, without disclosing who is funding the mailers and ads.
The City of Palm Springs has sent a proposal to the College of the Desert offering to buy the land originally planned to become the West Valley Campus, so long as the college completes the project in its new property. Listen to segment here
The first College of the Desert Board of Trustees meeting with Joel Kinnamon as a trustee marked the beginning of an uncertain era for COD Superintendent/President Martha Garcia as three of the five trustees have now opposed her leadership. Source: The Desert Sun – read full article here for subscribers only.
City of Indio and College of the Desert officials gathered Monday morning to break ground on the community college’s Indio campus expansion, a 67,000-square-foot building with classrooms, a café, offices, science labs and a student services center. The long-planned campus expansion on Oasis Street downtown will double the size of the Indio campus built in 2014. Flyers distributed at the event said…
On Friday, Oct. 7, the College of the Desert Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting to compare two studies related to the West Valley Campus, one from their independent consultant — and one study from Visit Greater Palm Springs. The Board will also vote on a construction contract for the Cathedral City automotive…
Former Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden is the newest member of the College of the Desert Board of Trustees. Oden was sworn in after he was unanimously appointed by the board Friday, 4-0, to become the Area 3 representative for Palm Springs and a sliver of Cathedral City. It was a rare and important moment…
Palm Springs, COD still in limbo over attorneys’ conflict-of-interest waiver
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