/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Mark Muir Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
As working families across the San Diego region struggle to make ends meet, the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has no such concerns. That’s because MWD can tax and raise rates at will — and it has done precisely that. Several steps removed from nearly 20 million residents it serves, MWD overcharged […]
/in San Diego County/by Andrea Mora /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Mark Muir
San Diego County is calling on the powerful Metropolitan Water District to return what local leaders say is $250 million in illegal charges over a number of years. The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday supporting efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover money the authority says was taken by a […]
The Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the following report: Managing Floods in California. Recent months have highlighted how quickly statewide concerns can turn from the devastating impacts of too little water during a prolonged drought, to the comparably destructive effects of too much water and resulting floods. Flood management is a complicated and expensive […]
Local civic and business leaders have launched a “Stop the Spending” campaign when it comes to water rates. The San Diego County Water Authority says San Diegans are being overcharged for water. The agency is calling on one of its main suppliers – the Metropolitan Water District – to stop unnecessary water rate increases. “This organization in […]
OPINION: Stop The Spending! Metropolitan Water District Needs Fiscal Reform
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Mark Muir Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAs working families across the San Diego region struggle to make ends meet, the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has no such concerns. That’s because MWD can tax and raise rates at will — and it has done precisely that. Several steps removed from nearly 20 million residents it serves, MWD overcharged […]
LA’s Metropolitan Water District Overcharges, San Diego Leaders Say
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Mark Muir
San Diego County is calling on the powerful Metropolitan Water District to return what local leaders say is $250 million in illegal charges over a number of years. The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday supporting efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover money the authority says was taken by a […]
LAO Releases Report On Managing Floods In California
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Orange County BreezeThe Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the following report: Managing Floods in California. Recent months have highlighted how quickly statewide concerns can turn from the devastating impacts of too little water during a prolonged drought, to the comparably destructive effects of too much water and resulting floods. Flood management is a complicated and expensive […]
VIDEO: Water Authority: San Diegans Overcharged For Water
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /CBS 8 Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Jim Madaffer
Local civic and business leaders have launched a “Stop the Spending” campaign when it comes to water rates. The San Diego County Water Authority says San Diegans are being overcharged for water. The agency is calling on one of its main suppliers – the Metropolitan Water District – to stop unnecessary water rate increases. “This organization in […]