KOCE bill attacked as a “scandal”

A former California Republican party official sees an “Orange County scandal” in a state legislature bill favoring pubTV station KOCE, which would “cheat” taxpayers and benefit the interests of the station’s wealthy board members by allowing a community college district to sell the station to a nonprofit operator rather than accept the high bid of a religious broadcaster. The bill [text in PDF] would create an exception to state surplus-property law. The community college district is appealing the May court decision that voided the station’s sale to a new pubTV licensee.