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LAUSD committee backs push to preserve job-order contracting, pursue bundling for shade projects
Summary
LAUSD advocacy staff described three legislative priorities — AB 1809 to preserve job-order contracting, SB 1107 to allow bundling of shade projects and a leaseback sunset extension — and answered board questions about ADA path-of-travel thresholds and timelines; staff said AB 1809 sunsets Jan. 2027 and SB 1107 will be amended to explore bundling.
Martha Alvarez, who leads state advocacy work for Los Angeles Unified, told the Facilities & Procurement Committee that the district is prioritizing three measures in Sacramento to reduce costs and speed construction work at schools.
Alvarez said AB 1809 would make the district’s long-used job order contracting (JOC) authority permanent or, if necessary, extend it for another 10 years; AB 1809 currently faces a sunset constraint, with officials noting the statute lapses in January 2027. Alvarez described JOC as a master-contract approach used for repetitive, smaller campus repairs — for…
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