Los Angeles Watchdog Group Tracks Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars in City Contracts

was muffled by the thick, dusty leaves of the eucalyptus trees.

The park was nearly empty, save for a city worker in an orange vest who was leafing through a newspaper on a distant bench.

Raymond sat on the green wooden slats of a bench near the dry fountain, carefully placing his paper bag between us.

He pulled out two turkey sandwiches continue reading …