/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby By Meena Westford Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Just about every year, the San Diego County Water Authority uses ratepayer funds to bus local citizens to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s final budget meeting in downtown Los Angeles. They are customers who have ended up with some unfortunate misimpressions about Metropolitan’s financial practices and proposed budget, and they come to urge […]
Few people would be shocked to learn that the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District is once again preparing to raise water rates and property taxes for the next two years, given its history of similar increases. What alarms me most is that Metropolitan is doing so using methodology that a state Superior Court judge has […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union Tribune by By Maureen A. Stapleton Quoted: Maureen A. Stapleton
The Union-Tribune’s report on regional and statewide water conservation efforts (“Water conservation skid worsens across state,” April 5) omitted an important fact about the months-long effort of local residents and businesses to increase conservation — a fact that deserves to be recognized. We, as a region, saved enough water to successfully meet the state’s mandate […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Jeffrey Kightlinger Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Like other financially sound organizations, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has a robust budget process that provides fiscal stability while addressing current needs and long term objectives. This approach has resulted in the kind of essential investments to ensure the Southland has had reliable water supplies during this historic drought and prevented untold […]
OPINION: The Case for Higher Water Rates
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby By Meena Westford Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityJust about every year, the San Diego County Water Authority uses ratepayer funds to bus local citizens to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s final budget meeting in downtown Los Angeles. They are customers who have ended up with some unfortunate misimpressions about Metropolitan’s financial practices and proposed budget, and they come to urge […]
OPINION: Con: Agency Needs Transparency Before Raising Rates
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Mark WestonFew people would be shocked to learn that the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District is once again preparing to raise water rates and property taxes for the next two years, given its history of similar increases. What alarms me most is that Metropolitan is doing so using methodology that a state Superior Court judge has […]
In Response: Hitting our Mark
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union Tribune by By Maureen A. Stapleton Quoted: Maureen A. StapletonThe Union-Tribune’s report on regional and statewide water conservation efforts (“Water conservation skid worsens across state,” April 5) omitted an important fact about the months-long effort of local residents and businesses to increase conservation — a fact that deserves to be recognized. We, as a region, saved enough water to successfully meet the state’s mandate […]
OPINION: Pro: Rate Increases Needed to Meet Water Needs
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Jeffrey Kightlinger Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityLike other financially sound organizations, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has a robust budget process that provides fiscal stability while addressing current needs and long term objectives. This approach has resulted in the kind of essential investments to ensure the Southland has had reliable water supplies during this historic drought and prevented untold […]