by News Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Department of Water and Power General Manager Ron Nichols has resigned amidst controversy over two organizations that he and the DWP Union Chief co-managed for the past three years. Those groups spent $40 million over ten years with no explanation on how the money was...
by News Staff | Oct 21, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
While Department of Water and Power officials gripe about having to spend money to clean up the Owens Dry Lake and other projects here, they are under the gun of their own Commission to account for spending $40 million through two trusts for reasons unknown. At a...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Los Angeles news reports revealed recently that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has transferred more than $40 million of ratepayer money to two private trust funds over the past 13 years but has failed to make detailed financial records available. The...
by News Staff | Nov 17, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
At Los Angeles Department of Water and Power headquarters Monday, officials from Mammoth Community Water District and LADWP planned to sit down for another negotiation session. It all started at the end of last year when DWP filed lawsuits that claimed LA, not...
by News Staff | Jul 17, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power General Manager Ron Nichols made a big fuss over Mammoth’s Water District hiring a public relations firm to get their water rights’ story out. Now, DWP, which has used PR firms for years, just put out a new, slick...