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

squinting up against the glare of the morning sun.

He stopped, his brush hovering an inch from the wood, and adjusted his wire-rimmed glasses with his free hand.

“This is harder than grading exams, Lydia,” he said, his voice slow and academic.

“At least the public can read this from fifty yards away,” I said.

He smiled slightly, returning to the blue letter,continue reading …