While you and your family were busy enjoying Memorial Day weekend, CUSD’s vendors were donating tens of thousands of dollars to the Yes on Measure M campaign.
The Yes on Measure M campaign has now received over $96,427 in donations of over $1000 each plus a number of smaller donations.

M Keith Waddell’s trust donated $49,000. A donation of $50,000 or more would have triggered significant additional disclosure requirements for the Yes on Measure M campaign. M Keith Waddell is Vice Chairman, President and CFO of Robert Half International.

CUSD has spent or signed contracts for least $56,415,406 of your Measure S tax dollars with vendors who donated $34,500 to the Yes on Measure M campaign.

Lenny Mendonca donated $1000 on 2018-04-30. Lenny Mendonca is co-owner of the Half Moon Bay Review, co-owner of Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, The Inn at Mavericks, Pacific Standard Taproom, and Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm.

CUSD has signed six no bid contracts worth $45.3M with Blach Construction. The last no bid contract CUSD signed with Black Construction wasn’t even legal.

CUSD has spent $5.5M with Atlas Pellizzari Electric in six subcontracts.
CUSD Construction Manager and Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside board member Ed Watkins provides a glowing review of Atlas Pellizzari Electric here
https://www.atlas-pellizzari.com/projects/cunha-gymnasium/
Atlas Pellizzari Electric brags about their relationship with Blach Construction here
https://www.atlas-pellizzari.com/projects/hatch-elementary-school-modernization/

DateMeasure MContributorMeasure SDescription
2018-05-2610000CAW Architects509147CUSD signed a $509,147 contract with CAW Architects for Design of Hatch Phase IV
2018-05-265000Blach Construction45314466CUSD signed 6 no bid contracts with Blach worth $45.3M, or 72% of all Measure S spending
2018-05-2549000M Keith Waddell TTEEM Keith Waddell is Vice Chairman, President and CFO of Robert Half International.
2018-05-252500Quattrocchi Kwok Architects26000CUSD spent $26,000 with Quattrocchi Kwok Architects for Cunha Emergency Portable Placement
2018-05-252500Glazier Steel
2018-05-254000Andreini Brothers3184073CUSD spent $3.2M with Andreini Brothers on 1 contract and 2 change orders for the HMBHS Field plus 3 subcontracts
2018-05-222427Denise Phillips
2018-05-115000Jack Lemein
2018-05-091000Warren WolfeldIntellectual property law partner of Haynes, Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
2018-05-011500Gary Thompson2591CUSD spent $2,591 with North American Fence on a 2016-06-23 subcontract for Cunha Building C portables
2018-05-011000La Petite Baleen
2018-05-012500Anderson Brule Architects1502589CUSD signed two contracts for $1.5M with Anderson Brule Architects for the Cunha Building C do-over on 2018-02-08 and 2017-05-11.
2018-04-301000Lenny MendoncaCo-owner Half Moon Bay Review & Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
2018-04-145000Isom Advisors / Urban Futures260000CUSD signed a $260,000 contract with Isom Advisors to serve as financial advisor for Measure S on 2012-02-29.
2018-04-123000Dannis Woliver Kelley124000CUSD signed a $124,000 contract with Dannis Woliver Kelley to serve as bond counsel for Measure S on 2012-02-29
2018-04-101000Atlas Pellizzari Electric5492540CUSD has spent $5.5M with Atlas Pellizzari Electric in six subcontracts
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CUSD spent $3.2M with Andreini Brothers on 1 contract and 2 change orders for the HMBHS Field plus 3 subcontracts.

CUSD signed two contracts for $1.5M with Anderson Brule Architects for the Cunha Building C do-over on 2018-02-08 and 2017-05-11.

On December 14, 2017, the CUSD Board approved an $509,147 architecture contract with CAW, who bragged that they have “a long-standing relationship with Blach Construction” and then told us “The project will be developed in partnership with Blach Construction who will lead the project as a lease-leaseback.” Our vendors are telling us who will execute a construction contract before it has been bid.

CUSD signed a $260,000 contract with Isom Advisors to serve as financial advisor for Measure S on 2012-02-29. Urban Futures is the parent company of Isom Advisors.

CUSD signed a $124,000 contract with Dannis Woliver Kelley to serve as bond counsel for Measure S on 2012-02-29. Dannis Woliver Kelley also provides nearly all of CUSD’s legal representation, including in the lawsuit against Thompson Builders for the Cunha Building C fiasco, so it is safe to assume CUSD has paid DWK a few hundred thousand dollars over the years.

CUSD spent $26,000 with Quattrocchi Kwok Architects for Cunha Emergency Portable Placement

CUSD spent $2,591 with North American Fence on a 2016-06-23 subcontract for Cunha Building C portables.