City of LA Briefs: Pay For Your Court Reporter and LA is Saving Water

Public Must Find And Pay For Court Reporters In Many LA Civil Cases

LOS ANGELES  — Starting this month, ABC7 reported, Los Angeles Superior Court will no longer provide official, free court reporters for some civil cases. The change means those cases will no longer have an official written record, unless the participants are willing to pay fees to hire their own reporter ranging from $800 to $2,000 a day. The court says there is a shortage of reporters, forcing the available employees to be prioritized for criminal cases, as required by law.

Court reporters and union leaders held a press conference Nov. 2 to highlight the change and emphasize the need to save jobs and protect the public from more fees.

Details: https://tinyurl.com/3e8msakk

LADWP Customers Saved 6 Billion Gallons of Water from June to September

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials joined, at the Nature Gardens of the Natural History Museum to congratulate Angelenos for achieving record-setting levels of water conservation over the summer. From June to September 2022, LADWP customers collectively saved nearly six billion gallons of water compared to the same period in 2021. Angelenos have also reduced per capita daily water use to 110 gallons as of September, averaged over the last 12 months.

As California faced threats to water supply due to climate change and Los Angeles prepared for a dry, hot summer, the City of Los Angeles in June called on residents to further conserve water by implementing phase-three of the city’s water conservation plan ordinance — requiring Angelenos to reduce outdoor watering to two days a week, for eight minutes per station. LADWP also promoted water conservation rebates and programs to help customers cut back on water use including: free showerheads and faucet aerators; $5 per square foot rebate for turf replacement; $500 for high-efficiency clothes washers; $250 for high-efficiency toilets; $500 for zero and ultra-low water urinals; smart water use monitoring devices; rebates for rotating sprinkler nozzles, weather-based irrigation controllers and soil moisture sensor systems; free, hands-on landscaping workshops and up to $2 million through the technical assistance program for commercial customers

From June to September, LADWP provided more than $2.8 million in rebates for items including clothes washers, toilets, turf replacement, which is 70% more than the same time last year.

Details: www.ladwp.com/save.