Changing direction at DOT
Frustrated at the lack of progress in improving Los Angeles' traffic gridlock, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a major restructuring in the city's transportation department Friday. Daily News.
At a City Hall news conference, Villaraigosa said he is moving Rita Robinson from the Bureau of Sanitation back to temporarily take over transportation. The current general manager, Gloria Jeff, resigned, he said.
Robinson had been a deputy general manager in the department before being named to head the Sanitation Bureau.