Talk:Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Sources under Power section

I have added a source to the Power section heading. It is a newspaper, and the article spans several pages. Should I use a different source for each different page that information is found on, or should it all be one source? Lasdlt (talk) 23:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

If you're stating something that's supposed to be a fact, it needs to have an inline citation for verification purposes (see WP:CITE and WP:VERIFY. Citing a specifc page where you found the information (or a page range) is always best. -- Gmatsuda (talk) 23:44, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

BTW: The Castaic powerplant is jointly operated by the California Department of Water Resources and LADWP. -- Gmatsuda (talk) 23:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you source the 'Hawkins' article? I'm having great difficulty confirming that the source actually exists. It's also not properly formatted in the footnotes.--67.250.22.214 (talk) 16:09, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Citations should follow the format I used for the one I added about the Castaic Powerplant... -- Gmatsuda (talk) 01:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

FYI: You don't have a full citation for that book you've cited in the "Power" section... -- Gmatsuda (talk) 07:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Castaic Power Plant is not jointly operated by LADWP and CDWR. It is operated only by LADWP, the energy output of the plant produced by normal flow of water is owned by CDWR. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.201.253.22 (talk) 23:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Conversions

Any better way to convert billions of gallons of water into liters? Lasdlt (talk) 01:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Not that I'm aware of. -- Gmatsuda (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

1 gallon is equal to 3.785 liters, usually rounded to 3.8. 1 billion gallons of water is equal to 263,157,894 liters.Nly8nchz (talk) 07:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Since a liter is smaller than a gallon, the number of liters should be bigger than the number of gallons. In this case 1 billion gallons is 3.8 billion liters, more or less. Multiply rather than divide... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.148.182.153 (talk) 05:59, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Citations Needed

Most of the information on Wikipedia is taken directly from the LADWP website here: http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp000509.jsp.Nly8nchz (talk) 08:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Great. How about providing the actual inline citations in the article? -- Gmatsuda (talk) 08:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Outside of vandalism, I don't think I've ever seen so many "citation needed" tags per word count in Wikipedia before. Tagging every uncited sentence, no matter how innocuous the sentence is, is seldom a good-faith effort and severely hinders readability. A general tag on the top of the article suffices and additional individual tags are only needed for either controversial or grandiose claims content. --Oakshade (talk) 01:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

power systems

I see no mention of the Pacific HVDC intertie, a major source of electric power to the DWP, providing a significant percentage of the power used in Los Angeles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonyneece (talk • contribs) 00:30, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

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Conflict of interest

User:Cmerca96 has said elsewhere that the DWP has asked him to make changes to this article. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:41, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Adding Bios to Board commissioner members

I would like to add the following section to the LADWP page. Note that the current President was a U.S. congressman and received extensive media coverage. All members were directly appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles and had media coverage as well.

Mel Levine, President:

Term: until June 30, 2019.

Mel Levine was a partner at the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from 1993 until 2012. He continues to be of counsel to the firm.[12] He served as a member of the United States Congress from 1983 until 1993 and as a member of the California State Assembly from 1977 to 1982.[13] In 1970, after Levine was admitted to the California bar, he set up a private law practice.He was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John V. Tunney from 1971 to 1973. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy.[2] In Aug 2013 Levine was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to become a member of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners. On Sept 11, 2013 Levine was confirmed to become a member of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners by the Los Angeles City Council

Aura Vasquez, Commissioner:

Term: until June 30, 2020.

Aura Vasquez, Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Term to June 30, 2020. When Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed Aura Vasquez to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners in 2017, she became the youngest Commissioner in the City. It was another remarkable milestone in a story that began in Colombia, where Aura was born. As a Latina immigrant to the U.S., and a woman of color, Aura brings a closeness to the Earth and a belief in the power of multiculturalism to her mission to make the LADWP more equitable, inclusive and sustainable. Her career has been intertwined with her calling to respect the environment and give a voice to people who have been, historically, unheard. As a community organizer, Aura championed local and state immigrant rights with the PICO Network. As a protector of the environment, she spearheaded the ban on single-use plastic bags in Los Angeles. She was a prominent player in the Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” Campaign, which secured a commitment by the City of Los Angeles to go coal-free by 2025. Her leadership has been instrumental in passing legislation that requires public utilities to produce 50% of their electricity from clean energy sources by 2030, and to reduce greenhouse gas levels to 40% below 1990 levels in the City of Los Angeles. By partnering with a diverse coalition of stakeholders, Vasquez was instrumental in the development of the Feed-in Tariffs Program in Los Angeles, the largest rooftop solar program for businesses in the U.S. To date, the program has supplied 150 MW of solar power for businesses in the City of L.A. As a Commissioner of the LADWP, Aura guides the largest city commission in the U.S., with 9,000 employees which serves 647,000 water customers and 1.5 million electricity ratepayers. Her main focus at the department is to bring more equity and sustainable programs to Los Angeles. As a principal of Vasquez Solutions LLC and a board member of the League of Conservation Voters, Aura has more 10 years of experience in New York, Washington D.C, and California, creating narratives with the power to transform communities, and offer hopeful visions of the future for their citizens.

Jill Banks Barad, Commissioner:

Term: until June 30, 2018.

Ms. Jill Banks Barad was appointed to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners by Mayor Eric Garcetti and was confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council on September 11, 2013. Her term will end on June 30, 2018. Ms. Barad is a recognized civic leader and businesswoman who has distinguished herself by demonstrated leadership and achievements in a wide range of activities. Ms. Barad owns her own political consulting, public relations, and government affairs firm, Jill Barad & Associates. She has provided consulting and management for federal, state, local and judicial campaigns, as well as statewide and local ballot measures. She has taught Political PR, media and fundraising at UCLA. She was featured as a top consultant in California Journal, and was profiled on National Public Radio (NPR). Ms. Barad developed the original public relations and fundraising strategy for the creation of Para Los Ninos, the first child care facility on Skid Row, personally convincing Mayor Bradley, the LA Times, and the LA corporate community to sponsor the project. Ms. Barad has a long list of civic recognitions: the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA) awarded her the Harmon Ballin Award for outstanding community service; six-time finalist for the Fernando Award, the highest award for volunteerism in the San Fernando Valley; named “Valley Leader of the Year” by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal in their recognition of “Women Who Mean Business”; and awarded “The Most Inspirational Woman in Business” Award by California Senate and Assembly members . In 2010, Jill was honored by the LA City Council as Pioneer Woman, CD 5. In 2017 Jill was named a “Star of the Valley” by the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley. Ms. Barad chaired Mayor Tom Bradley’s Advisory Committee on Education for six years. The Mayor appointed her to serve on the citywide Citizens Advisory Committee on Student Integration (CACSI). In 1976 she founded The Open School to create the first community-initiated magnet school in the LAUSD. The Open School served as the model for magnet schools throughout the LAUSD, and became the first Charter school in the State of California.

Ms. Barad is Founder and Chair of the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils (VANC), a coalition of the 34 neighborhood councils throughout the Valley. The Alliance, now in its 15th year, has been described as the “model of regional governance.” She is the founder of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council and served as its President for 14 years. Ms. Barad was a long-time member of the Board of Directors of VICA and is past Chair of the State Issues Committee. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity SFV, Board member of the Valley Community Legal Foundation, and Vice President of The Executives, the support group for the Jewish Home for the Aging. Jill was appointed to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Neighborhood Council Plan Review Committee and was elected Chair of the North and South Valley Areas. She was appointed to City Attorney Mike Feuer’s Transition Team and Councilman David Ryu’s Transition Team. Ms. Barad graduated from Friends’ Central School in Main Line Philadelphia. She is a graduate of Temple University where she earned a BA in Drama with honors in English, and was named an Outstanding Senior Class Woman.

Christina E. Noonan, Commissioner

Term: until June 30, 2021.

Ms. Noonan is a Senior Vice President of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Los Angeles office. She develops strategic real estate solutions for her clients by assessing the viability of lease renegotiations, relocations, consolidations, dispositions, building sales and acquisition alternatives. Ms. Noonan is actively involved in business, civic and charitable communities. She is a member of Women’s Leadership Council, Marlborough’s Caswell Society, and Allen Matkin’s Women at the Top – Real Estate Roundtable. Ms. Noonan was commissioned by Mayor Villaraigosa to serve on the Los Angeles Convention Center Board and acted as President of the board from 2008-2010. In addition to serving in this capacity, she was appointed to The Office of Public Safety Oversight Committee for the City of Los Angeles, the board of LA, inc., and was actively engaged on the Mayor’s Trade Advisory Council to promote international business in Los Angeles during this timeframe. Thereafter, Ms. Noonan was nominated by Mayor Villaraigosa and appointed by Los Angeles’ City Council to serve on the five-person voting board of Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power (“LADWP”). In this capacity, Ms. Noonan also serves on LADWP’s Personnel, INYO and Investment Committees. Ms. Noonan was the only commissioner to be re-appointed to this board by Mayor Garcetti. Duck1096 (talk) 17:38, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

@Duck1096: It's got the same problem (and in fact is almost identical) to the efforts of Cmerca96. It also has the same problems. This is an encyclopedia, not the PR website of the department. Including BLP's of non-notable people is now how Wikipedia works. Also please read WP:DUCK. Thanks. Kleuske (talk)