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In the City of Compton, Is It Incompetence or Corruption?
The Compton City Council is behaving a lot like the city council in Bell, with pay for meetings that hardly happen and a $3.5 million loan with no payments for 7 years.
By Warren Olney • • 29m ListenA new report finds council members in the City of Compton behaving a lot like those in the City of Bell. We hear about payment for time on commissions that hardly meet and a $3.5 million loan with no payments for seven years. Also, the Little Hoover Commission says the state must improve park management or lose control of natural treasures that can't be replaced. And a trail-blazing supporter of California's high-speed rail now calls it "the great train robbery." On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, state laws, federal laws and the institution of marriage.
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3 storiesIncompetence or Corruption in Compton?
Council members in the City of Bell were recently convicted of crimes for inflating their salaries by taking money for work on city commissions that hardly ever met. Next door in the City of Compton, something similar has been going on. That's according to a report tonight on KCET's SoCal Connected .
Read the story11 minReforming the State Park System
One of California's most valuable assets is the State Park System, which includes coastal beaches, redwood forests and parts of the High Sierra. After decades of budget cuts, it was announced last year that 70 out of 278 parks would have to be closed .
Read the story11 minHigh-Speed Rail, Friend or Foe?
As a State Senator from San Francisco, Quentin Kopp co-wrote the law launching the bullet train project in California. He served as chair of the state agency overseeing the system. Now a retired Superior Court judge, he has testified on behalf of agriculture interests who've sued to halt the development of high-speed rail.
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