More than a month after an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath the 10 Freeway that were leased to the same bankrupt businessman.
The state has subcontracted the security services as it fights to evict Ahmad Anthony Nowaid and scores of tenants subleasing through him in violation of his contracts with the California Department of Transportation, according to court records.
The state leased more and more land to Nowaid even as accusations mounted against him, raising questions about the government's vetting process before it leases land under California's freeways and highways.
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