He ran as a ratepayer advocate. Now Mayor Garcetti wants to give DWP workers big raises.
(LA Times Clippers)

To the editor: After campaigning as a defender of ratepayers, Mayor Eric Garcetti is now supporting a contract that gives 9,000 workers in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power pay increases of up to 22.3% by 2021. The agreement sets the stage for similar raises for other municipal employees´...