Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Scott Svonkin is an elected Trustee of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Svonkin was elected as a trustee of LACCD in on May 17, 2011. He is one of seven on the Board of Trustees for the LACCD, the largest community college district in the United States. He currently serves as the Board’s PresidentSvonkin ran as a candidate seeking to reform the bidding and construction policies of LACCD. Prior to his election the Los Angeles Times “investigation found tens of millions of dollars” from the LACCD’s $5.7 billion bond construction program “had been wasted because of lax oversight, questionable spending, poor workmanship and inadequate planning.”As this information came forward it was learned that the LACCD lacked formal policies on for spending the money from construction bonds. After he was elected to the LACCD Board, Svonkin pushed for a policy that would provide greater oversight to the use of bond funds. The LACCD Board approved this policy.The California State Controller’s Office also found that prior to Svonkin’s election the LACCD had failed to follow “its own bidding rules in choosing someone with no experience in audits or investigations over higher-rated applicants” when the district had hired its inspector general.“Scott Svonkin, one of two people who joined the seven-member board in July, was the only trustee to speak in favor of an independent investigation.”"@en }
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- Scott_Svonkin abstract "Scott Svonkin is an elected Trustee of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Svonkin was elected as a trustee of LACCD in on May 17, 2011. He is one of seven on the Board of Trustees for the LACCD, the largest community college district in the United States. He currently serves as the Board’s PresidentSvonkin ran as a candidate seeking to reform the bidding and construction policies of LACCD. Prior to his election the Los Angeles Times “investigation found tens of millions of dollars” from the LACCD’s $5.7 billion bond construction program “had been wasted because of lax oversight, questionable spending, poor workmanship and inadequate planning.”As this information came forward it was learned that the LACCD lacked formal policies on for spending the money from construction bonds. After he was elected to the LACCD Board, Svonkin pushed for a policy that would provide greater oversight to the use of bond funds. The LACCD Board approved this policy.The California State Controller’s Office also found that prior to Svonkin’s election the LACCD had failed to follow “its own bidding rules in choosing someone with no experience in audits or investigations over higher-rated applicants” when the district had hired its inspector general.“Scott Svonkin, one of two people who joined the seven-member board in July, was the only trustee to speak in favor of an independent investigation.”".