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Council directs controller to evaluate LA Bridges program after disputes over evaluator selection
Summary
Following months of controversy over selection of an external evaluator for the LA Bridges youth program, the City Council voted to direct the city controller to lead a program evaluation with up to $100,000 for outside assistance and to solicit academic and consultant support; vote recorded 12–3.
After an extended debate over procurement, impartiality and program effectiveness, the Los Angeles City Council on July 27 adopted an amended motion directing the city controller to conduct an evaluation of the LA Bridges program with authority to contract for up to $100,000 in outside assistance and to use city audit resources as appropriate.
The measure arose from a disputed RFP process for an outside evaluator: councilmembers described competing bids and objections that had split the…
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