According to recent reports, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) CEO Janice Quiñones knew the Santa Ynez Reservoir was down and fire hydrants were not working.
According to Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFP) insiders, said of daily mail Mr. Quiñones, who was hired in May at a salary of $750,000, is “blamed” by the LAFD for keeping the Santa Ynez Reservoir in the Pacific Palisades shut off as wildfires burned in the Los Angeles area. That's what it means.
Additionally, Quiñones was accused by the LAFD of leaving a fire hydrant broken for months, the newspaper said.
“Sources” told the outlet that Quiñones “oversaw the closure and emptying of reservoirs in the Pacific Palisades during wildfire season since being hired by LADWP.”
Prior to his current role, Mr. Quiñones served as senior vice president at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from 2021 to 2023. The power company “has filed for bankruptcy over liability for several major wildfires in California,” the newspaper reported.
And, Daily Mail.com has learned that Quiñones' former employer has also been linked to the fire scandal. She was previously a top executive at PG&E, the power company that went bankrupt over responsibility for several major wildfires in California.
She served as senior vice president at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from 2021 to 2023.
The company's power lines sparked Dixie, the second-largest wildfire in California history, in 2021. PG&E paid a $13.5 billion legal settlement for its involvement in the 2018 Camp Fire.
a report from new york times It previously revealed that the Santa Ynez Reservoir was out of service when the wildfires started and was “scheduled for maintenance.”
As Breitbart News previously reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said, “There has been a reported loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and water supply from the Santa Ynez Reservoir is unavailable.” He called for an “investigation” into the matter.
