Candidates for L.A. Community College District board urge greater scrutiny of system

Several candidates running on a reform slate ask voters to oust two incumbents and call for increased oversight of expenditures in the wake of a Times investigation showing millions of dollars wasted in a building program.

Several candidates for the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees urged state officials Tuesday to expand their scrutiny of the college system in the wake of a Times series that detailed millions of dollars of waste in the district's massive building program.