Palm Springs City Council Reviews Queer Works Civil Jury Report

Palm Springs City Council Reviews Queer Works Civil Jury Report

The Palm Springs City Council will review Wednesday a grand jury report regarding the city’s handling of grants, stemming from the indictment of Queer Works CEO Jacob Joseph Aaron Rostovsky. The Riverside County civil grand jury issued its findings on June 23, faulting the city for a “lack of adequate policies and procedures for processing and monitoring grants and contracts” following an investigation, city officials said. Rostovsky, 35, allege…

Palm Springs City Council approves response to grand jury report on $700,000 grant oversight failure ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

Jacob Rostovsky of Queer Works and city financial documents showings payments to Queer Works of hundreds of thousands of dolalrs.. The Palm Springs City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved its response to a civil grand jury report that found the city lacked proper oversight procedures, resulting in the loss of more than $700,000 in taxpayer funds, but not before facing sharp criticism from residents and engaging in heated debate over the c…