LA mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged
Cynthia Ruiz, the first Native American ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, got some bad news from City Hall recently. Ruiz said a deputy mayor called her on May 26 to say she was being removed after serving just one year on the panel that oversees the Department of Water and Power. "It's not about you," Ruiz said she was told. "If you want to go on to a ...
Cynthia Ruiz, the first Native American ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, got some bad news from City Hall recently.
Ruiz said a deputy mayor called her on May 26 to say she was being removed after serving just one year on the panel that oversees the Department of Water and Power.
"It's not about you," Ruiz said she was told. "If you want to go on to a different commission, let me know and I can make it happen."
What followed was a moment of shock and uncomfortable silence, Ruiz said. The former head of the city's multibillion-dollar retirement fund system
