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L.A. Unified school-building program was full of conflicts of interest, audit says
- 10-28-2010
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
The $20-billion school construction program in the nation's second-largest school system was rife with conflicts of interest, but most problems were eliminated after 2006, according to an independent audit released Wednesday. The long-awaited review was conducted by the office of City Controller Wendy Greuel and was commissioned by the Los Angeles Unified School District after the March indictment of a senior facilities manager. Bassam Raslan had allegedly funneled business from the massive school-building effort to a company he co-owned. The district has relied heavily on contractors to supervise projects, defending the practice as a way to attract high-quality workers while providing flexibility to increase or reduce their numbers as needed. The audit, which examined records dating to 2002, found 225 instances in which consultant hiring panels included people from the same company as the applicant. (more…)
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