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Published on Friday, September 05, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
Facing harsh criticism from city leaders over conflict of interest concerns in the awarding of multimillion dollar contracts, the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners will consider new ethics and disclosure procedures today.
Last month, the City Council and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa blocked two power contracts worth $5 million until the DWP could adopt a new ethics policy to ensure there was no involvement or influence by the utility's No. 2 executive, Raman Raj, who was a consultant for the two firms.
While DWP General Manager H. David Nahai assured leaders that he had built an "ethical wall" around Raj during the awarding of the contracts, he agreed to revise the department's conflict of interest procedures.
"It's one thing to ensure there is in fact no conflicts," Nahai said. "But it is just as important that the public have confidence that the department is acting in the highest standard and has processes in place to root out any possible conflict
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