“The bottom line is, the kickbacks and bribes are obviously horrible for the image of the city and not to mention that someone at the top of DWP could be bought so easily, and the taxpayers swindled out of at least $30 million. But the bottom line is, it looks like more heads are going to roll,” said Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog.

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said he is "beyond outraged" that a New York lawyer he hired as special counsel to the city accepted nearly $2.2 million in kickbacks after saying he conspired with LA Department of Water and Power officials to file a sham lawsuit against the utility.

The question many attorneys who were involved in the litigation or have followed the case were asking Tuesday is whether anyone from the city attorney's o...

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