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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Corruption and greed: Unveiling LADWP’s years-long scandal

    A new scandal involving the Department of Water and Power and the office of LA City Attorney Mike Feuer might cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 8, 2021 • 9m Listen

    A new scandal involving the Department of Water and Power and the office of LA City Attorney Mike Feuer might cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars. It includes a former general manager of the LADWP and a lawyer hired by Feuer’s office who was representing both the city of LA and an LADWP customer in mounting lawsuits. The lawyer, Paul Paradis, agreed to plead guilty last week in a federal bribery charge.

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    1. 0:00Elizabeth Holmes ends week on witness stand. What’s come out of fraud trial?
    2. 7:34Corruption and greed: Unveiling LADWP’s years-long scandalYou’re reading this
    3. 16:41Where did abortion rights movement go wrong?
    4. 29:25Tips for traveling internationally amid Omicron variant
    5. 37:21‘New Native Kitchen’: Navajo chef’s traditions with modern flair
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