Only days after blasting a deal that appeared to water down the city’s diversity efforts, Stockton’s vice mayor is now offering support for the move that he believes will lead to more “evidence-based” outcomes when it comes inclusion, diversity and equity.
The city issued a statement saying that after “extensive conversation,” Vice Mayor Jason Lee and interim City Manager Steve Colangelo are now in accord on the transfer of DEI efforts to the city’s Human Resources department.
The statement follows a meeting Monday when, under sharp questioning from Lee, it was revealed that Colangelo diverted nearly $100,000 in funds earmarked largely for DEI to contract with the city manager of Lathrop for consulting services. At the hearing, Lee blasted the move as a “deconstruction of DEI to pay for a man in another city.”…