Berkeley Launched a Program to Curb Teen Cannabis use. Its Contractors Fell Short - but Still got Paid
San Francisco Chronicle reports on a nonprofit that was awarded a six-figure contract from the city of Berkeley to run a marijuana education program between 2022 and 2024, and failed to complete key parts of the project. Despite the program failures, the nonprofit still got paid for the services.
Davina Hurt, director, government ethics, said that "the buck stops with the city."
"It breaks the public's trust that their money isn't being well spent," she said. "It's upon the city to ensure that they handle things appropriately by either stopping payments, retrieving their money back, or demanding that the contract be fulfilled."
Davina Hurt, director, government ethics, quoted in an article by San Francisco Chronicle and republished via Yahoo.com, the New York Post, and other outlets.