Pratt, Montag and the other plaintiffs accuse LADWP of making "the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a ‘cost-saving’ measure." ...

The LADWP paid $28 million for the nearly 6-acre property at 3200 N. San Fernando Road, according to public records. It includes a single-story 83,600-square foot building constructed in 1972 ...

The CCC blocked the project to protect a few thousand local examples of the shrub, saying LADWP did not receive proper permitting; the area has since burned to the ground in the ongoing Palisades ...

“This is why I'm introducing a bill to rein in the CA Coastal Commission,” said Kiley on X in response to a report on how the CCC blocked the LADWP upgrade and collected $2 million in fines ...