One day after the FBI served a search warrant at the downtown offices of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the utility’s general manager was replaced today months ahead of his previously announced departure.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, while ranking high in terms of reliability and providing quality water and electricity to residents, has a management structure that lacks accountability and transparency and is plagued by politics, according to a report released last week. A consulting firm that prepared the Industrial, Economic and Administrative Survey found that the DWP had a series of organizational and management challenges, noting there is “no single outside entity or coordinated group to set policy, provide specific goals and metrics, monitor performance and hold LADWP accountable.” The report also found that “political influences” have