Signing this petition shows support for the Ratepayers Advocate, the official term sheet located , and your intention to vote to approve the measure on the March 2011 ballot. The Office of the Ratepayers Advocate (the "Ratepayers Advocate") will review and analyze the operations, finances, and management, of the Department of Water and Power as well as other matters not explicitly excluded from its role. Such review and analysis will be done on a timely and continuous basis. In addition to all matters relating to rates and the reliability and quality of service, the Ratepayers Advocate would have the right to review and analyze, among other matters, DWP's credit rating; its long term strategy; the Integrated Resources Plan; the Urban Water Management Plan; the Recycled Water Master Plan; the state of its infrastructure and information technology systems; its Customer Relation Management systems; the implementation of the recommendations of the IEA Survey and Independent Fiscal Review; the efficiency of its operations; its procurement, contracting, and inventory policies; its relationship with the City and its departments; and all material contracts, including those with the Metropolitan Water District and its unions. The Ratepayers Advocate will be made part of the City Charter if approved by a majority of the voters in the March 2011 election.

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