Battle over DWP reform

The author of a plan to reform the Department of Water and Power began scrambling Wednesday to shore up support on the City Council for overriding a mayoral veto of the proposal. Daily News.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa shot down the proposed ballot measure, which would give the council more authority over the DWP's leadership, only hours after it passed Tuesday on a 10-1 vote.

That margin was just enough to override a mayoral veto, but the mayor now only has to convince one member to switch sides.