Firms Hired to Manage School Bond Projects
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Accepting new assurances of the qualifications of 10 firms seeking to manage $2.4-billion in school bond projects, the Los Angeles Board of Education on Monday authorized school officials to hire them.
Approval of the firms to manage Proposition BB construction projects in different parts of the Los Angeles Unified School District was delayed last week after an article in The Times disclosed that background inquiries had missed widely publicized problems some of the firms had on previous jobs.
District officials told the board Monday that a new probe revealed no information that would indicate any of the firms was unqualified for the work.
The board voted 4-1 to approve the recommendation.
Board President Jeff Horton said that although The Times article showed that “there was a little smoke,” the new probe showed “there was no fire.”
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