SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-Some San Fernando Valley officials who set the city’s water policy consume more than twice the water as the average Angeleno when comparing their households. Records show two Valley-based City Council members actually increased their usage after Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought state of emergency in January and called for conservation.
Those officials, Mitchell Englander and Bob Blumenfield (photo), top the list of current council members for average water use during the drought. Valley resident Jill Banks Barad, an appointed Department of Water and Power commissioner, ranked highest among 14 officials on the council or commission whose water usage was provided to the Daily News.
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Valley leaders blamed their high usage on the region’s hot and dry climate and their large lots with plants that demand more water. They are also trying to conserve like other Angelenos, they say, by installing drought-tolerant landscaping and more efficient water equipment. (Read the rest here)
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CityWatch
Vol 12 Issue 91
Pub: Nov 11, 2914
