{"id":144881,"date":"2026-01-22T16:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/144881\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:32:13","slug":"wealthy-california-town-paying-30-an-hour-for-part-time-dei-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/144881\/","title":{"rendered":"Wealthy California town paying $30 an hour for part-time DEI interns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A luxury Northern California vacation destination is paying part-time interns up to $30 and hour to promote DEI initiatives, including a \u201cLanguage Access Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city of Truckee, a wealthy resort town just outside <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/19\/us-news\/california-school-district-near-nevada-caught-up-in-trans-student-athlete-row\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Tahoe<\/a>, posted the high-paying position \u201cfor individuals interested in community engagement, public service, and equity-focused work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Truckee in Northern California is located 12 miles from luxury ski resort Lake Tahoe. Matt Gush \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Preferred applicants should speak Spanish\u00a0\u201cto support the Town\u2019s commitment to language access and inclusive community engagement,\u2019 the posting reads.<\/p>\n<p>The job description did not detail what the \u201cLanguage Access Plan\u201d entailed.<\/p>\n<p>The job bulletin reads: \u201cThe Town of Truckee\u2019s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Program is excited to offer a paid internship opportunity for individuals interested in community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candidates must show an \u201cunderstanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse socio-economic, racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, diverse abilities, gender, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation of Town staff and community served,\u201d the posting says.<\/p>\n<p>Truckee\u2019s population is 84.4% white, according to US Census data from July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Northern California town Truckee\u2019s population is 84.4% white, according to US Census data from July 2024. Matt Gush \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe California Post is coming soon. Sign up for updates.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet in early. Be the first to know about launch and home delivery.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The job sparked anger and confusion on social media after it was posted on the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2014003102345474104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Libs of TikTok<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a family home there since 1976 and it was a wonderful town,\u201d one person wrote on X. \u201cWhat is the problem that needs fixed with DEI initiatives?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why everyone in Lake Tahoe tries to live on the Nevada side,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A luxury Northern California vacation destination is paying part-time interns up to $30 and hour to promote DEI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,18154,53980,72424,3586],"class_list":["post-144881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-dei","tag-internships","tag-resorts","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}