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Why has the Chancellor of the Rancho Santiago Community College District been paid a relocation expense for 7 years?

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Editor Posted in Education, Orange County, Raul Rodriguez, Santa Ana 1 Comment

RSCC District Chancellor Raul Rodriguez

From the RSCCD Faculty Union Newsletter

In 2010 when Raul Rodriguez signed his contract to serve as the RSCCD chancellor, he was provided a “relocation allowance” of $2500 per month. (Section 8, page 2 of the contract). The taxpayers of our community have paid this amount to the Chancellor for the past seven years totaling close to a quarter of a million dollars!

When will the relocation expense end? It certainly doesn’t take seven years! How much does it cost to relocate? Why should the District continue to pay the Chancellor a relocation allowance while the colleges are cutting programs and employees are losing their jobs? Continue reading→

RSCCD Trustees vote to stop violating the Brown Act while negotiating a PLA

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Democratic Party, Development, Jose Solorio, Labor, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Measure q

The Rancho Santiago Community College District’s (RSCCD) Board of Trustees met tonight and the biggest issue on their plate was allegations that they have violated the Brown Act by negotiating PLA terms in closed session.

A PLA is a Project Labor Agreement. These agreements typically ban non-union contractors from bidding on public works - in this case we are talking about the $198M bond measure Q, that was passed last year to fund construction projects at Santa Ana College. (This after millions of our dollars were wasted on the previous RSCCD Measure E - when that money was mostly spent on the campus in the Orange Hills. A PLA delayed Measure E projects and drove them over-budget).

Trustee Phil Yarbrough, who is a Republican, accused the Democrat-dominated RSCCD Board of violating the Brown Act by negoiating PLAs in closed session. Continue reading→

The effects of construction unions monopolies on tax funded construction

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Editor Posted in Costa Mesa, Education, Labor, Orange County, Project Labor Agreements, Santa Ana Leave a comment

No PLAs

The Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustees have already voted to start negotiating a Union-Only Project Labor Agreement that will affect all construction projects related to last year’s Measure Q bond measure.

The editorial below was written before they voted, by PLA expert Kevin Dayton. It sheds light on just how bad a move this was by the RSCCD Trustees.

Construction Unions Seek Monopolies on Taxpayer-Funded Construction at Two Orange County Community College Districts Continue reading→