/in San Diego County/by Andrea Mora /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego water officials were dealt a major legal loss Wednesday that could leave local water customers on the hook for billions of dollars over the next several decades. For years, San Diego water officials have argued that the region’s major supplier of water, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, has been charging too […]
Damages awarded to the San Diego County Water Authority in a long-running legal dispute over rates need to be recalculated, a panel of state appellate justices ruled Wednesday. The ruling by the three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco amounted to a split decision for the Water Authority, which sued the Metropolitan […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /East County Magazineby Mike Allen Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Despite cutting their water use by nearly 30 percent over the past nine years, Padre Dam Water District customers were hit with another five years of higher rates by its board, which voted unanimously June 21 to trigger the new charges starting Nov. 1. At a required public hearing explaining the reasons behind the rate […]
The next time San Diegans face a proposed water rate increase, the City Council will be getting a second professional opinion about whether the increase is necessary and how large it should be. The change comes after the city approved in late 2015 a series of rate increases totaling nearly 40 percent over four years, […]
Court Deals San Diego Water Officials a Big Loss
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego water officials were dealt a major legal loss Wednesday that could leave local water customers on the hook for billions of dollars over the next several decades. For years, San Diego water officials have argued that the region’s major supplier of water, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, has been charging too […]
San Diego Water Rate Dispute Continues, Expected To Go To California Supreme Court
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /KPBS Quoted: Mark Muir, Jeffrey KightlingerDamages awarded to the San Diego County Water Authority in a long-running legal dispute over rates need to be recalculated, a panel of state appellate justices ruled Wednesday. The ruling by the three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco amounted to a split decision for the Water Authority, which sued the Metropolitan […]
Padre Dam Customers Hit With Another Rate Hike
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County Magazineby Mike Allen Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityDespite cutting their water use by nearly 30 percent over the past nine years, Padre Dam Water District customers were hit with another five years of higher rates by its board, which voted unanimously June 21 to trigger the new charges starting Nov. 1. At a required public hearing explaining the reasons behind the rate […]
San Diego To Get Second Opinion On Next Water Rate Hike
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickThe next time San Diegans face a proposed water rate increase, the City Council will be getting a second professional opinion about whether the increase is necessary and how large it should be. The change comes after the city approved in late 2015 a series of rate increases totaling nearly 40 percent over four years, […]