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Desert Sands USD Set to Approve DEI Contract – May Violate DOE Civil Rights Memo

February 17, 2025 2:45 amFebruary 17, 2025 6:29 am

Coachella Valley Unified School District Board Trustee, Trinidad Arredondo, continues to profit off of neighboring school districts through his TA Mentoring Services, LLC. We discussed Arredondo two years ago with his $15,000 contract awarded by the Desert Sands USD (DSUSD)...

The California Endowment: The Political Power of Giving

September 3, 2024 3:53 pmSeptember 3, 2024 3:53 pm

Bob Ross has been in charge of The California Endowment for 24 years. He is about to retire and the Los Angeles Times is sad. Dr. Ross – a real doctor, by the way, is in fact a former public...

Mission: Political – California Endowment Goes All In on ESG

June 6, 2024 1:53 pmJune 6, 2024 1:53 pm

One of the state’s most powerful, most woke foundations is getting even woker, and even more powerful…maybe. The California Endowment, which now has about $4 billion dollars in assets, was created in 1996 when the then-non-profit Blue Cross health insurer...

The Cult of Safety

February 7, 2024 2:11 pmFebruary 7, 2024 2:11 pm

It was the 1970s. Dry cleaning bags lurked quietly behind couches waiting patiently for the opportunity to pounce on the hapless child who dropped a Lego nearby. Unguarded five-gallon buckets stood brazenly in the middle of basement floors hoping to...

Loud Cash, Quiet Power: Foundations Extend Political Tentacles

December 28, 2023 2:25 pmDecember 28, 2023 2:25 pm

Over the past decade or so, numerous California foundations have moved beyond the idea of doing good for the general community and now do good for very specifically chosen activists – and themselves. Groups like the Tides Foundation and The...

The Reparations Quagmire

August 14, 2023 6:57 amAugust 14, 2023 8:20 am

Slavery is evil and like so many evils in this world it has been a stain on humanity for a very very long time. But does the mere existence of the abomination require it be redressed through the imposition of...