Newsom calls for independent investigation of LA Department of Water and Power

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called for an independent investigation of the Los Angeles Department Water and Power on Friday amid reported water supply issues during this week’s wildfires.

In a letter addressed to the CEO and chief engineer of the department and the director of LA County Public Works, Newsom called the reports “deeply troubling.”

“While water supplies from local fire hydrants are not designed to extinguish wildfires over large areas, losing supplies from fire hydrants likely impaired the effort to protect some homes and evacuation corridors,” Newsom wrote.

“I have directed state water and firefighting officials to prepare an independent after-incident report examining the causes of lost water supply and water pressure in municipal water systems during the fire events, and to identify measures that local government can implement to provide adequate water supply for emergency response during future catastrophic events,” he continued.

Questions are mounting about the region’s water supply as firefighters struggled to contain the flames. The Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades was closed for repairs and empty as wildfires raged through the region, according to multiple media reports. The reservoir normally holds 117 million gallons of water.

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