The City of Palm Springs is suing College of the Desert for what it alleges to be a lack of compliance with the California Public Records Act.
The law requires public agencies to make public documents available upon request in a timely manner. The city says COD has not done that.
Source: The Desert Sun.
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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. Read more
College of the Desert will move forward with a modified version of its proposed “Citizens Advisory Group” to inform design elements of its planned Palm Springs campus. The school’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of a motion to create the advisory group Friday, with changes to its composition and stated purpose. Read full…
Less than two years after Martha Garcia was hired to lead College of the Desert, she is one of five finalists to become the next president of the state’s largest single campus community college district in Walnut, Mt. San Antonio. According to a news release from the college, the candidates, in alphabetical order, are: The final…
Wednesday marks a milestone in the long-awaited, often-delayed construction of the College of the Desert Palm Springs campus. Officials will reveal 100% schematic design for the project, possibly closing a chapter of years of back-and-forth about what the school will ultimately look like. Officials have yet to upload final information about the campus to Wednesday’s…
Middleton warns public trust at risk after COD president now says documentation exists showing need for Palm Springs campus
The Desert Sun announced both the College of the Desert Palm Springs campus and the Roadrunner Motors automotive education facility in Cathedral City are years away from opening, according to a five-year capital outlay plan delivered at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Read more
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