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Stockton audit committee finds procedural irregularities in DEI office dissolution; council directs corrective actions

Stockton City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

An audit-committee inquiry concluded the executive-level DEI function was dissolved and the DEI program director reassigned without adequate council notice or required budget approvals; the council accepted committee recommendations with modifications (vote 6-1) and directed staff to develop corrective compliance plans.

The Stockton City Council received a report from its audit committee on Jan. 13 finding substantial procedural irregularities in the dissolution of the city's executive-level diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) function.

Vice Mayor Lee, who authored the audit-committee report, said the committee found the DEI program director's role had been administratively…

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