Palm Springs Mayor Says City Is Addressing Grand Jury Findings in Queer Works Grant Investigation

Palm Springs Mayor says city is addressing Grand Jury findings in Queer Works grant investigation

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - The city of Palm Springs is answering some tough questions about the loss of more than $700 thousand dollars in taxpayer funds. This comes after a release of a Riverside County Civil Grand Jury report. The report offers a new perspective on the fallout of a city-funded guaranteed income pilot program run by the disgraced nonprofit Queer Works. News Channel 3's I-Team investigator Peter Daut is holding officials acco…

Grand jury: City lacked proper grant oversight when it lost over $700,000 to alleged fraud ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

Queer Works CEO Jacob Rostovsky and a city ledger showing a large payment to his nonprofit. Payments to Queer Works are at the center of a criminal case against Rostovsky. A Riverside County Civil Grand Jury investigation found the city of Palm Springs lacked adequate policies and procedures to safeguard taxpayer funds from fraudulent use by nonprofits, resulting in a loss of over $700,000, according to a report released last month. The report i…