Department of Water and Power may face mandatory audits

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The measure comes after two employees were accused of funneling $3 million of Department of Water and Power money through fake companies and after another employee was caught going to a strip club while on the job. The department has been accused of trying to hike electricity rates unnecessarily.

But the department argues that Councilman Eric Garcetti, who proposed the measure, put the proposal together hastily without much thought or outside consideration. Yusef Robb, who is Garcetti's spokesperson, defended the measure and the need for auditing of the Department of Water and Power.