More than a year after a grand jury published an investigation into the alleged intimidation of city officials and employees by the 209 Times, the Stockton City Council has not implemented two of the grand jury’s recommendations aimed at countering the “environment of fear” at City Hall.
“The Civil Grand Jury finds that the Stockton City Council has not complied,” the grand jury said in a follow-up report that was included in the council’s Sept. 9 meeting agenda. No discussion of the report occurred at the meeting.
Councilmembers and the mayor didn’t immediately respond to an emailed question about why it wasn’t discussed.
Ethical governing ‘under attack’
First published in June 2024, during the tenure of the previous City Council, the scathing investigation by the San Joaquin County Civil Grand Jury focused on suspected leaks of confidential, closed-session discussions by councilmembers…