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Eitan Arom
March 2, 2017
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At JNF water summit, agreement on next steps, but when will L.A. act?
Jared Sichel
March 9, 2016
This scene, it seems, repeats itself every few months in Los Angeles: Politicians, city agencies, water experts and environmentalists convene, agree that California — particularly Los Angeles County — is doing a poor job of implementing proven solutions to solving water shortages, and then ask when the government will get serious about things.
Poll: What DWP can learn from LAPD
Raphael Sonenshein
October 9, 2013
A new Pat Brown Institute/Cal State Los Angeles poll of 501 registered voters in L.A. asked for opinions on two important city departments: the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Department of Water and Power (DWP).
Next mayor’s earth agenda
Jewish Journal
March 28, 2013
Delivering his inaugural address on the City Hall lawn in 2005, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa challenged Angelenos to turn Los Angeles into “… the greenest big city in America.”
New DWP chief David Nahai takes on major challenges
Marc B. Haefele
January 4, 2008
David Nahai is an environmentalist and an attorney, not an engineer, and his major previous management challenge was running a 15-employee law firm. But he is the man Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tapped take on the $304,000-a-year job as general manager of the Department of Water and Power, the nation\’s largest — and frequently troubled — public municipal utility. He\’s also the first ever to helm the DWP without decades of experience in either the utility business or city government.
Power of the Prez; In the wake of war; Children work for a cure
Norma Zager
October 5, 2006
Community briefs.
Mayoral Candidates Battle for Jewish Vote
Idan Ivri
February 24, 2005
\”He\’s a soul mate in terms of environmental sensitivity and good government,\” said Dave Freeman, about mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa. Freeman, former head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP), paused for just a moment, then continued in his Southern accent, \”I just think he has the ability to advance an agenda more focused on what I consider Jewish values.\”
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