With lawsuits and overspending, another L.A. Community College bond measure sparks controversy
In 2016, the Los Angeles Community College District persuaded voters to approve a $3.3-billion construction bond measure to upgrade woefully outdated campuses at the nation’s largest two-year college system.
There would be “strict accountability” over public funds, the district vowed, saying it had cleaned up the massive financial waste, nepotism and mismanagement that plagued projects funded with previous bond measures, as The Times documented in 2011.
But the implementation of the latest bond has already sparked controversy, with lawsuits, political infighting and missed performance targets.
The manager of the bond program, Jacobs Project Management Co., has overspent its first-year budget by $1.8 million. The company won the five-year, $85.9-million contract from the district in 2017 after a process that was so hotly contested that the losing bidder is challenging it in court.
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