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I PROJECTS. I lilORKED THERE FOR A YEAR ANC CA!VlE BACK.
2 I Ul.TIMAc'E;],Y E'OUNC !ViY WAY TO ACCEPTING A POSITION In'I'H
3 DANIEl., MANN, JOHNSON AND t4ENDENHAl.l., I'IHICH IS -- THE PARENT
4 COMPANY IS AE COM, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECT,
5 ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM CONTRACTION MANAGEMENT FIRM. I ACCEPTED
6 A POSITION OUT AT CAl. STATE NORTHRIDGE. THIS WAS IN DECEMBER OF
7 1995, WHERE DM/J!JI WAS THE PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR
8 THE REBUILDING OF CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE AFTER THE EAR'I'HQUAKE. I
9 SERV>:D THERE AS THE DEPUTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND PROGRAc,1 DIRECTOR
10 IN CHARGE OF I HA:l AS ?-1ANY AS 23 FUl.l.-TH·lE STAE'F', PROJECT
11 l1ANAGERS, SCHEDUl.ERS, ESTIMATORS, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORS AND I
12 THINK I SAID INSPECTORS. SO T OVERSAW ''iHAT AT THE TIME WAS THE
13 LARGEST EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION PROJ>:CT WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
14 WE WERE EITHER DE?-10LISHING, DESIGNING AND REPLACING OR REPAIRING
15 ALL 107 BUILDINGS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. I LED
16 THAT PROGRAlVi TO A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION AN:l IN AN IG AU:lIT WITH
17 EXCEPTIONS LESS THAN A PERCENT OF DISALLOWANCES AND MOST OF THOSE
18 OCCURREC BEFORE I ARRIVED ON SITE. I SET UP THE GENERAl. l.EDGER
19 THERE AND SET UP THE WHOl.E PROGRAI'1 AS TO HOW THE EARTHQUAKE
20 REPAIRS WOULD BE PERFORMED.
21 THAT LED TO ME BEING IN A POSITION TO WH>:N PROP 39 WAS
22 CREATE:l BASED ON ASSEMBLY BIl.L 1908, AND THE LEGISLATION PASSE:l
23 IN NOVEMBER OF 2000. THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
24 PASSEC THE FIRST PROP 39 BON:l MEASURE AT THAT TINE FOR $1. 245
25 BILL:ON. THE PRESICENT OF DN/JM, OWNED BY AE CO",I, ASKED ME TO GO
2 6 AFTER PROGRI\?-1 ?-1.I\NAGEMENT AT THE :'. A. COMMm:::::TY COLLEGE :lISTRICT
27 AND I C:::O.
28 WE WENT AFTER IT, ~lE cm1PETEO, AND vIE vlERE SELECTED AS THE