City forced to rebid work

The city of Los Angeles must rebid $7 million in security contracts after a judge found that the city violated its own competitive-bidding laws.

National security giant Wackenhut Corp. sued the city last year, saying a prominent labor union used its ties to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to derail the company's bid for a multimillion-dollar security-guard contract. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

The Mayor's Office and city staffers denied any undue influence by the Service Employees International Union.

Last month, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided that L.A. didn't follow its own contracting rules, and ordered the city to redo contracts for security guards at the Griffith Park Observatory, police dispatch and other city buildings.

The ruling didn't address the company's allegations of discrimination or bias.

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