{"id":1155565,"date":"2021-12-25T22:34:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1155565"},"modified":"2021-12-25T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T03:34:39","slug":"california-education-official-lives-in-texas-despite-state-ban-on-travel-to-lone-star-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-education-official-lives-in-texas-despite-state-ban-on-travel-to-lone-star-state\/","title":{"rendered":"California Education Official Lives In Texas Despite State Ban On Travel To Lone Star State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-education-official-lives-in-texas-despite-state-ban-on-travel-to-lone-star-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1155565&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One would usually expect state officials to live in the state for which they work, but as California is learning, that is not always the case.<\/p>\n<p>Two high-ranking California Department of Education officials have resigned after media outlets discovered that they did not actually live in California. The first official to resign lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but the second official resigned from Dallas, Texas, an ironic move given California\u2019s ban on state travel to the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2021\/12\/23\/california-education-aide-resigns-after-working-from-texas-9428100\">reported<\/a> on the second resignation:<\/p>\n<p><em>A second high-ranking California Department of Education official has resigned because she lives out of state.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pamela Kadakia served as a CDE equity project manager but resides in Texas, based on public records and her LinkedIn profile. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kadakia\u2019s LinkedIn profile shows she pursued her doctorate in education at Texas A&amp;M University from 2019 to 2021. Prior to joining CDE, she taught for more than four years at Richland College in Dallas, Texas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Records show Kadakia, 34, lives in the Dallas area, where she and her husband purchased a home in 2019. She appears to have worked in Texas since 2016, according to LinkedIn, but originally hails from California, graduating from Walnut High School in east Los Angeles County and earning her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from Cal State Fullerton.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kadakia\u2019s resignation is more impactful because, as Politico reported, \u201cNot only are California state employees generally prohibited from living out of state, but they are banned from traveling to Texas and 17 other states deemed to have discriminatory laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom made it a point to put Texas and other states on a state travel ban for various laws opposed by progressives, and for COVID-19 policies.<\/p>\n<p>Less than two weeks ago, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2021\/12\/11\/he-was-hired-to-fix-california-schools-while-running-a-business-in-philadelphia-1398697\">discovered<\/a> that Kadakia\u2019s boss also lived nowhere near California despite being a California state official, in a work-from-home arrangement Hot Air\u2019s Ed Morrisey <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2021\/12\/24\/todays-deep-question-do-all-californias-education-equity-execs-live-in-texas-n437515\">called<\/a> \u201ctechnically illegal.\u201d This is because not only was the official working outside the state, but also had a separate job in Philadelphia. Politico reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>California\u2019s first superintendent of equity lives in Philadelphia and has a separate job there, more than 2,500 miles away from the schools he advises as one of the highest paid officials in the state Department of Education, according to records and interviews.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Lee, a psychologist, life coach and self-help author, owns a Pennsylvania-based psychology firm and is the president of the New Jersey Psychological Association\u2019s executive board. He has also been serving as a deputy superintendent for the California Department of Education since July 2020, a role dedicated to the success of children of color that was originally backed by a foundation grant but is now funded by state taxpayers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lee also owns a home in Philadelphia and voted in the city in November\u2019s local elections. Politico also noted that State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond was instrumental in Lee\u2019s hiring and had known Lee for more than 20 years. Lee was hired without initially publicly posting the position was available.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One would usually expect state officials to live in the state for which they work, but as California is learning, that is not always the case. Two high-ranking California Department of Education officials have resigned after media outlets discovered that they did not actually live in California. 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