After a Stockton City Council subcommittee’s hours-long probe spanning two days into the handling of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and funding at City Hall, the one person who could shed the most light on what happened was a no-show.
Actions by former interim City Manager Steve Colangelo to change how Stockton handles and funds the city’s DEI efforts have been under scrutiny for months, ultimately leading to City Council’s approval of an investigation into the issue.
Colangelo himself has never been publicly questioned by the community or even the full City Council, whom he regularly sat adjacent to during myriad council meetings since the news of the alleged restructuring of the city’s DEI commitments broke just before summer, often leaving staff to bear the brunt of public questioning by councilmembers…