My guess is the work was so shoddy as it was done by either unions or illegal aliens.
Or maybe both.
Who could doubt millions of these billions have ended back up in Democrat pol pockets?
Teachers union dues in CA work to overturn voters while at the same time picking their pockets and dumbing down their children.
“My guess is the work was so shoddy as it was done by either unions or illegal aliens.”
I doubt either. I’ve had plenty of work done by illegals (only way to get houses built in Texas) and they do fine, as long as their lead speaks English and they get paid fair. Union boys can also do a good job and some of them are very skillful (overpaid, but skilled).
...Naa, we forget things that are not in the news as much these days. The real question is quotas and set-asides. Just how many of these business had to be “minority-owned” (which works fine for small operations, like home construction but falls on its face for large jobs - and generally minorities out there for large jobs means people politically-connected), or “women-owned” (which is so sick it’s not even worth commenting on).
Watch what happens in California when there’s a big earthquake and you’ll get an idea of what the contractors out there can do, if they’re free to do it. In the Bay Area, in 1989, after the Oakland Earthquake, a upper section of the Bay Bridge dropped on to the lower section. In one year, they had that rebuilt and also got about 5 years worth of other work done (lots of it get-ahead)...mostly because the bridge was closed. But it would have taken AT LEAST a year just from request for proposals to work authorization, had they followed the ‘usual’ process.
In Los Angles, an overpass section of the Santa Monica freeway dropped on to the street below (Northridge Earthquake, 1994). If you’ve seen that part of the freeway, especially from underneath, you realize this is not your typical I-70 freeway in rural Kansas, it is MASSIVE and it dropped a huge chunk down. It took a phone call from the governor and ONE MONTH to have it removed and rebuilt and re-opened.
There are two Rolodexes in the California governor’s office. One is a list of the steps needed to perform a public works project, the other is a list of companies that can get a job done practically overnight with zero mistakes after one phone call. They usually use the first list (except for emergencies)...let them go back to using the second list and the problems will end...but fat-chance with the Democrats in charge.