Top down look at DWP promised

Declaring the dawn of "a new era of accountability," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday nominated jobs czar Austin Beutner as interim chief of the DWP and ordered a top-down review of the $4 billion agency. Daily News.

If confirmed today by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, Beutner will be tasked with restoring the public's trust in the municipal utility, which recently came under fire as it tried to push through an unpopular rate hike.