LOS ANGELES : Wachs Cancels Trip, Citing DWP Strike
Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs has canceled a 13-day European trip after drawing the wrath of a colleague earlier this week for leaving “while the city is going to be reeling” because of the Department of Water and Power strike.
The San Fernando Valley lawmaker announced that he was dropping his trip to Austria and Germany moments after the council unanimously passed a motion by Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky to cancel all excused absences for council members as long as the strike continues.
Wachs later denied that he had changed his plans because of pressure from Yaroslavsky or his colleagues. Instead, he said, upon learning Wednesday morning that DWP workers were on strike, he decided to cancel the trip.
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