The quasi-independent agency cites a 1911 court ruling in California that says that, absent a contract, utilities aren’t ...

and we are upgrading the substations. Quiñones said FEMA funding and grants will help pay for the underground system, but officials cannot guarantee that the cost won’t be passed down to LADWP ...

“LADWP’s reliance upon a 114-year old case misses the mark,” Robertson said. LADWP officials did not comment on the issue. The legal wrangling comes as numerous victims of the fire that ...