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Long Beach City College and the Los Angeles Community College District employed a manager of construction projects who had recently served jail time in Texas for paying bribes in school construction projects, The Los Angeles Times reported. One of the Texas prosecutors of Louis M. Cruz, the project manager, told the Times he was stunned about his ability to find work with similar responsibilities. "After he'd been to prison? That's incredible," said Cliff Herberg, first assistant district attorney in Bexar County, Texas. "Didn't they wonder where he was for two years?" Cruz could not be reached for comment. Cruz worked at Long Beach as an employee of a company that manages construction projects for the college. He was dismissed because of complaints he was causing delays, but officials said that they did not know of his Texas record while he was employed there.
