- Los Angeles fires highlight need for effective DWP oversight from the . . .
In addition to resource management during fires, a litany of other challenges are facing the DWP, including elevated debt levels, enhancing the local water supply, and maintaining affordable and
- With final ‘Do-Not-Drink-Water’ orders lifting in Palisades, Bass seeks . . .
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that the DWP has approved tap water to be used again in the Palisades area at press conference on Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles
- In the Palisades Fire, LA DWP’s 3 huge water tanks all ran out of water
She said at a press conference that her department had four times the normal demand for water for 15 hours straight — causing DWP to run out of water in three huge water tanks used on the
- DWP board president Cynthia McClain-Hill steps down amid ethics . . .
Her departure follows last week’s Los Angeles Times report detailing criticism levied against McClain-Hill and then-DWP Commission President Mel Levine regarding a private phone call they had in
- Struggling Angelenos get $253M in relief to pay late DWP and garbage . . .
In February 2021, the DWP distributed of the first COVID-19 pandemic debt assistance of more than $34 million to 67,000 low-income customers, in a one-time relief action funded through the federal
- Ex-chief deputy city attorney faces disciplinary charges over DWP . . .
All of the charges arise from litigation filed in the wake of DWP’s 2013 launch of a new billing system The new system was a disaster, drastically overcharging some ratepayers, failing to bill
- Lawsuits blame SCE, LADWP for Eaton and Palisades fires
Lawsuits blame SCE, LADWP for Eaton and Palisades fires 'This deadly fire and the property damage it has caused is catastrophic in scale,' said an attorney in one of the lawsuits
- Unraveling the mystery behind one LADWP worker’s $313,865 in overtime . . .
DWP officials are working on providing more detail about workers who earn considerable overtime pay Numerous DWP electric distribution mechanics, dispatchers and supervisors routinely clocked
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