By Steve Lopez, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 1, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/lopez-column-continuing-dwp-scandal-a-black-mark-on-l-a-leaders-an-insult-to-ratepayers In the carnival of avarice and corruption that is Los Angeles, we are not resting...
Panel Recommends Another Term For DWP Watchdog By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES October 25, 2018 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ratepayer-advocate-20181025-story.html A committee tapped to choose a watchdog...
Consumer Advocates Suggest Hunt To Replace DWP Watchdog Is A ‘Sham Process’ By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES October 10, 2018 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ratepayer-advocate-20181010-story.html When Los...
Opinion: Another Day, Another Tax Or Fee Hike In California Opinion column by Susan Shelley, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER July 28, 2018 Another day, another tax...
City Of L.A. Faces New Lawsuit Over Department Of Water And Power Transfer Of Funds By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 25, 2018 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lawsuit-dwp-transfer-20180725-story.html#...
LADWP Approves $241M Transfer As Critics Cry Theft By Darsha Philips, KABC TV-7 Los Angeles, CA November 28, 2017 http://abc7.com/business/ladwp-approves-$241m-transfer-as-critics-cry-theft/2709010/ LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A...
When Fred Pickel sat down to write the city’s official argument in favor of a ballot measure to grant more autonomy to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, he promised voters it would make the…
Years ago, Los Angeles voters decided that the city needed an independent advocate to scrutinize water and electricity rates and stand up for customers at the Department of Water and Power. Now a Santa Monica-based…