LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joined local water officials today to detail a new partnership that will shift water from the State Water Project to the Colorado River to ensure that Southland residents have continued water access amid a historic drought. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) receives imported water via the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) from the State Water Project and the Colorado River. Under the new partnership, LADWP will give some of the water back to the MWD to be distributed to regions that don’t have access to the Colorado River. Los Angeles will use reserves built through past conservation efforts, and LADWP customers will not be penalized with increased charges for the water shift. “Living with limited water resources isn’t just a phase—it’s the new normal, and we have to work together as a region if we want to ensure that we can …