JOEL KINNAMON SWORN-IN AS COD BOARD OF TRUSTEE FOR AREA 4

The College of the Desert Board of Trustees will vote Thursday on a contract extension and pay raise for Superintendent/President Martha Garcia. The move comes as votes are counted in an election that could shift COD board politics in a new direction and possibly create uncertainty around Garcia’s future at the college.  Read full article here

Response Letter dated 5/19

Garcia and trustees don’t seem to be listening — or perhaps they’re simply incapable of fixing some of these problems. The terms of two of the board’s five members, Chair Rubén AríAztlán Pérez and Aurora Wilson, are up this year. Voters need to think seriously about whether they deserve to continue.

An effort to recall Bea Gonzalez, who represents area 2 on the College of the Desert Board of Trustees, quickly gathered steam Thursday, Feb. 23, as news of the effort broke. Gonzalez was elected to a four-year term on the board in 2020. Her term runs through 2024. She currently serves as clerk of the board. The…

Since 2004, Palm Springs residents have waited to see the completion of a College of the Desert campus in their city. 18 years later, and after almost a billion dollars in tax revenue collected, those residents are still waiting.