New head of L.A. DWP will make $750,000 a year — nearly twice as much as her predecessor


by Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times— Mayor Karen Bass' pick to lead the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will earn $750,000 a year — nearly twice as much as her predecessor. The Board of Water and Power Commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a salary for Bass nominee Janisse Quiñones that is significantly higher than the $447,082 currently earned by General Manager Marty Adams. Quiñones, former senior vice president of electric operations at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., was picked by Bass after a nationwide search. Adams...

Los Angeles Times—Letters to the Editor: The next DWP chief is being paid $750,000. Readers say that's too much. To the editor: I read in disbelief that the new general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be paid $750,000 a year, much more than her predecessor's $447,082 salary. This agency has been riddled with scandal and criminal activity. Why not wait and see how the new chief, Janisse Quinones, performs before throwing all this money at her? Los Angeles ratepayers deserve more reassurance that they will be well-served under Quinones before she is rewarded with this...

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