By Colleen Heild / Journal Investigative Reporter   Former Children, Youth and Families Cabinet Secretary Brian Blalock, speaks to reporters in 2019. A state hearing officer dismissed a complaint filed against Blalock alleging wrongdoing in his handling of a no-bid contract. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File) An effort by two former top officials at the state Children, Youth and Families Department to award a no-bid multi-million dollar contract to a California firm didn't violate state law, in part because they didn't get a financial benefit in return, a state Ethics Commission hearing officer has concluded. The hearing officer made the finding...