Roland Palencia stepping down as Equality California Executive Director

This comes as a big shock for some in Cali's LGBT world. Roland Palencia is stepping down from his leadership role in EQCA.

Here's a piece from the Press Release:

EQCA Executive Director Roland Palencia to Step Down From Post Friday, October 14
(San Francisco) Equality California (EQCA) announced today that Executive Director Roland Palencia will step down as of Friday, October 14. Palencia was selected to succeed long-time Executive Director Geoff Kors in May of this year.

“Equality California serves a critical role in the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality in the state of California,” said Palencia. “Over the next year, the movement in California faces a unique set of challenges that demands leadership uniquely positioned to take those challenges head-on, strengthen the organization and bring together the diverse parts of our movement into a powerful force for change. It’s been my privilege to serve as the Executive Director of Equality California and I will continue to be an avid and involved supporter of EQCA and its work for equality.”

Equality California will release a transition plan by the end of this week.

I work very close to this organization, so it was out there that this was coming. It's sad really, I had such high hopes for Roland.