Bureaucracy bogs down L.A. mayor's efforts to mentor student

Villaraigosa frustrated by obstacles that make it difficult for him to work with student who vandalized bus.
March 5, 2007

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says he is frustrated about school district regulations he must follow if he wants to mentor a teenager accused of vandalizing a bus on which the mayor was riding. Villaraigosa had offered to help the Santee High School student. But before Villaraigosa can don his mentor cap, he must complete a one-page application, undergo a tuberculosis test, and submit to fingerprinting and an interview by the school's principal--procedures that can take as long as a month. The mayor believes the procedures are further proof that L.A. Unified's rules thwart even the best intentions.

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