Mills to merge with Northeastern?

[Johann]

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City of Oakland | Oakland City Council Votes to Urge Investigation… (oaklandca.gov)

What on earth does the City of Oakland have to do with a private college? I still want to know how the college hasn't been transparent in its financial crisis? They've been in trouble for many years and been public about it.

What does the city REALLY have to do with a private college? I'd say nothing. But the City people holding this view say otherwise. And they say they're going to get the State involved...

The mechanics of the situation are: 

(1) The Council President pro tempore is a Mills alumna.
(2) She, the Vice-Mayor and two members of the Save Mills Coalition are spearheading the Council's efforts 
(3) They want the State to investigate the alleged non-transparency and other alleged wrongs.

These people say they and the Oakland Community feel the closure of Mills is an attack on their ideals and on women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights etc. I'm not there, in Oakland. I don't know for sure if the community supports this or not. I also don't know if the alleged wrongs all occurred as stated. If they did, I'm for having something done about it, too - but I'm in another country, thousands of miles away from Oakland. It looks like something to be decided in a California courtroom.

Perceived wrongs like this rightfully make people want something done. It's not always clear exactly what can be done. In this case, it seems the first desired outcome is an investigation which the City, or at least some of its spokespeople want - and they want it done by the State -at State cost, no doubt. Yes - I definitely see a courtroom in this. Maybe more than one.