L.A. controller says he won’t pay millions owed to DWP groups

Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin announced today that he will refuse to pay nearly $4 million that the city owes two controversial nonprofits affiliated with the Department of Water and Power, saying he can’t write the checks in “good conscience” because the groups have refused to show what they’ve done with more than $40 million in previous payments.

“As the city controller, I have a duty to protect the public’s money and to ensure that city funds are spent appropriately,” Galperin wrote in an email to the Los Angeles Times.

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