Who leaked 'confidential' complaint against MWD GM to Politico?

Which water buffalo did it? Everybody knows who did it but nobody knows that they know it. Water agency leaks weaken due process rights for MWD employees.

On October 21, the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) voted in a closed session to extend the administrative leave it issued to its General Manager, Adel Hagekhalil, on June 13.

GM Hagekhalil's situation arises from an ongoing investigation into workplace harassment allegations filed against him by his Assistant General Manager and MWD’s CFO, Katano Kasaine, in a written complaint dated May 27.

The MWD supplies imported water to 26 member agencies, serving 19 million residents across six Southern California counties, and operates with an annual budget of $2.4 billion.

As the general manager of the largest water supplier in the western United States, Hagekhalil plays a crucial role in water management that extends beyond Southern California, encompassing the entire Colorado River Basin and northern Mexico. His primary responsibility is to help the region's human civilization and natural environment cope with diminishing water returns from th…