Firm that hired Kennard pulls LAX bid

A San Francisco company bidding for work on a planned LAX parking facility has withdrawn amid questions of a potential conflict of interest between the firm and former airports Executive Director Lydia Kennard, the Daily News has learned. Beth Barrett in the Daily News.

Kennard was still a city consultant to Los Angeles International Airport when URS Corp. was talking with her about joining its board - which she did one day after leaving LAX. Rather than answer questions about that relationship, the global engineering design firm pulled its bid as a subcontractor.

"Questions were raised about a potential conflict of interest, and URS was asked to provide information on their dealings with Ms. Kennard. They chose to walk rather than resolve those questions," a city official said.