DWP hikes go to council

Amid opposition from neighborhood council activists and lingering concerns about DWP management, two City Council committees declined to vote Monday on whether to support the utility's proposal to raise water and power rates. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has urged the council to boost the power rate by 9 percent over three years and the water rate by 6 percent over two years to help cover the cost of replacing the city's aging infrastructure.

But after a three-hour hearing Monday, the council's budget and environment committees forwarded the rate increase proposal to the full City Council without issuing a recommendation.