K–12, Public Safety | Spotlight

California Watch reporter Corey G. Johnson notices the state architect's office is hastily changing the status of dozens of school projects once red-flagged during construction with safety defects or other important problems. They were being listed as simply missing paperwork, without the state conducting a school inspection to verify fixes were made. "That was an 'a-ha' moment for me," Johnson says. "Something was going on over there."