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This just in … David Nahai, head of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, steps down effective immediately

Posted by: Maven on October 2, 2009 at 4:29 pm

From the Los Angeles Times LA Now blog:

“The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s top executive, H. David Nahai, has resigned from the agency effective immediately, the mayor’s office announced this morning.

In a letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Nahai said he was leaving to take a position as an advisor to former President Clinton’s climate initiative.

Nahai had served two years as a DWP commissioner before Villaraigosa elevated him to the post of chief executive and general manager in 2007. Ever since, he had been under fire from an array of forces.

He drew strong criticism from the head of the powerful International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, which represents thousands of DWP workers, who accused Nahai of doing too little to secure the passage of Measure B, a solar power ballot proposal that narrowly fell short of passage in March. …”

Read more from the LA Now blog by clicking here.

Read Nahai’s resignation letter by clicking here.

October 2, 2009 · Filed Under Water Agency News

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