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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland's city auditor says two council members broke city law by interfering with the bidding process for a major construction project.
Courtney Ruby made the allegations against long-time council members Desley Brooks and Larry Reid in a report released on Thursday.
Ruby said Brooks and Reid told the city's redevelopment staff to seek a bid from a particular construction company for a roughly $2 million contract involving the redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base.
The councilmembers' preferred company did not get the deal.
Reid called the allegations against him "a flat-out lie." Brooks said she raised concerns at a public meeting that staff had not opened the contract to competitive bidding, but did not interfere.
