Mayor Todd Gloria pushed back on the increase , calling on his board members to find a way to soften the blow on San Diegans. The Water Authority bit immediately, sending a letter on Friday to its 22 customer water districts that said, if everyone did the same, they could lower the 19 percent rate increase that would go into effect Jan. The last few years have been inordinately rainy for southern California, which is great for cities and farmers because the land is so saturated and reservoirs are so full, but that means less water needs to be purchased from non-local sources through the Water Authority.
The new leader of the agency has been trying to find ways to sell off some of those supplies. Even if only the city of San Diego participates, a few fronted monthly bills could make a dent in that bill. Even though San Diego is having a tough budget year of its own, water is a planned expense that lives in its own, special untouchable fund. By law, water districts can only charge what it costs to provide water. Districts bank water rates and keep some cash on hand as an emergency reserve because, no water, no civilization.
For which Todd exacerbated by spending 1. Vote Larry Turner. Thanks Todd. Any water recycling we can perform will help the San Diego economy. The recent, temporary, water surge, will not continue forever. And when people recycled not so long back, they were rewarded with rate increases from not enough revenues.
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