The benefits given to three board trustees at Rancho Santiago Community College District are the most generous statewide of those tracked by the state controller’s office. And the chancellor’s pay tops in OC.
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Fast Times at Rancho Santiago: College District Officials Travel in Luxury on Taxpayers’ Dime
In recent years, officials have stayed at five diamond hotels, eaten expensive meals, and taken limo services while students have had to sell hotdogs to save a math class.
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FPPC Won’t Investigate College District Officials’ Trips to Saudia Arabia
The Fair Political Practices Commission won’t be investigating trips to Saudi Arabia by officials of the Rancho Santiago Community College District that were paid for by a Saudi company and the district’s foundation
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Confusion Reigns in College District Officials’ Explanation of Saudi Deal
Rancho Santiago Community College District Chancellor Raul Rodriguez says officials’ trips – paid for by a Saudi company – weren’t gifts and the foundation is going to pay the money back. The explanation doesn’t hold water with a good government expert.
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Questions Surround College District Officials’ Trips to Saudi Arabia
The latest revelation regarding a controversial deal between the Rancho Santiago Community College District and Saudi Arabia is that district officials’ travel to the Middle-Eastern kingdom was likely paid for by a Saudi company or the Saudi government.
