Look who labor unions and construction bond contractors like in the L.A. Community College District. The Trustees, the Los Angeles Times reveals, "had long relied on unions and college employees to fund their election campaigns."
The series is Billions to Spend: how a $5.7 billion program to rebuild L.A. community colleges went astray. Be sure to browse the data base to see who funded the propositions. And who gave to Trustees.
Not that this will change anything. There will be no prosecutions, no investigations, no corruption charges, and not a day of threat of jail for anyone. It's the Belmont Learning Center Experience -- the $250,000,000 (yes million) school built on a toxic dump site. An investigation recommended prosecution. Never happened. In 2003, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley decided there was insufficient evidence to prosecute anyone.. REPORT (pdf) Skip the B.S. and just look at the chronology in Appendix A.
The powers that be in L.A. renamed the school four times to distance themselves and everyone else from the ghastly project. It is now the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, which is probably fitting considering his history.
The taint of never-pursued corruption is a Los Angeles feature. Be sure to read WHO saved the project when it should have been abandoned. L.A. Times archives has an abundance of information.. And who the Board of Education chooses to honor with school names. (Last paragraph)
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