Overview
- Mayor Karen Bass announced that Quiñones will leave her roles as CEO and chief engineer on March 27 as part of a planned transition.
- Quiñones, a Puerto Rico native, is returning to take a leadership role supporting the island’s electric grid modernization.
- Bass credited her tenure with reinforcing grid and water reliability, improving wildfire coordination, and strengthening the workforce.
- The city has not named an interim or permanent successor and said details on interim leadership will come shortly.
- Her leadership drew scrutiny after the January 2025 Palisades Fire; a state investigation found pipe flow rates would have limited hydrant pressure even if a key reservoir had been full.