2-Year College in California Is Fined

By JAMILAH EVELYN

The Compton Community College District was fined $100,000 this month by California's Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to file conflict-of-interest statements for key employees over a 20-year period.

The 7,000-student college is already under investigation by the Los Angeles County district attorney for alleged corruption, and it was taken over by the state in May, when the statewide community-college system's chancellor appointed a special trustee to oversee a

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