DWP reforms advance

The City Council took a preliminary step Tuesday to let voters decide whether to create watchdog positions in the Department of Water and Power, but it held off on the final OK until the measures can be further refined.Daily News.

The council plan would create an Office of Public Accountability within the DWP, including a ratepayer advocate position and an inspector general.

Scheduled to appear on the March ballot, the proposal follows a year of contentious relations with the DWP during a battle over the utility's efforts to pass a series of rate hikes