Tag Archive for: San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria

San Diego’s Water Prices Face Doomsday Increase

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Thursday is doomsday for water prices in San Diego.

That’s when the region’s water importer – the San Diego County Water Authority – debates whether to boost its prices a whopping 18 percent come Jan. 1. The price increase is massive compared to previous rate increases, and the Water Authority’s biggest customer, the city of San Diego, is pretty ticked off. For the last five years, water rates rose between 5 and 10 percent per year. The last time San Diego passed a higher price spike was 2010 at 20 percent.

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Late Water Bills Hit $75 Million and Counting for San Diego, 1 Customer Owes More Than $2 Million

/in , , /by /ABC10 Newsby Craig Harris

While thousands of San Diegans don’t get their water bills on time, the city has another problem — massive late payments.

Team 10 has uncovered that unpaid bills later than four months have skyrocketed to $75 million in 2023, while four customers currently owe more than $1 million to the city.

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Evacuation Warnings Issued, Emergency Proclaimed With Huge Storm Expected to Drop 2 To 4 Inches of Rain In San Diego County

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins & Caleb Lunetta

The massive storm moving into Southern California is slowing down and gaining strength and will likely drop 2 to 4 inches of rain across San Diego County between late Monday afternoon to late Tuesday night, the National Weather Service said.

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Morning Report: Mayor Gloria Warns Residents to Be Ready for Evacuation

/in , , /by /Voice of San Diego

Ahead of another severe storm warning, Mayor Todd Gloria issued an evacuation warning Wednesday to low-lying areas of the city, devastated by flooding last week. The evacuation is currently voluntary, said the mayor, and designed to keep the public ready should an evacuation become mandatory.

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Dry, Sunny San Diego Was Hit With Damaging Floods. What’s Going On? Is It Climate Change?

/in , , /by /USA Todayby Dinah Voyles Pulver & Doyle Rice

For the second time in a month, torrential flooding returned to Southern California this week with El Niño-fueled rains rolling in off the Pacific Ocean. This time San Diego felt the punch. The city, known for weather “the closest thing to perfect in America,” experienced one of its wettest days on record.

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‘Thousand-year Storm’ Leaves San Diego Reeling From Punishing Rainfall, Floods

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Grace Toohey

In a matter of minutes Monday morning, communities across southeastern San Diego were transformed into disaster zones: Families fled their homes in chest-deep floodwaters; vehicles were swept downstream as roads became rivers; residents cried for help from their rooftops.

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Morning Report: As Water Recedes, Damage Remains

/in , , /by /Voice of San Diego

Monday’s monster storm made Jan. 22 the fourth wettest day in San Diego since at least 1850. All told, an incredible 2.73 inches of rain washed over San Diego. From Southcrest to Ocean Beach to Carlsbad, flash floods swept the region, leaving millions in damages in their wake.

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Rain Soaks L.A. But Shocks San Diego As Deluge Leads To Hundreds Of Rescues Amid Flooding

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Grace Toohey, Hayley Smith & Andrew J. Campa

Hundreds of people had to be rescued Monday as historic rain hit San Diego, causing significant flooding that closed major roadways, shut down bus lines, cut power and sent scores of residents scrambling for higher ground.

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San Diegans Asked to Cut Back On Water Usage

/in , /by /CBS8by Keristen Holmes Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

 It’s time to cut back on water usage. That’s the message from city, county and state leaders Thursday afternoon as officials say this is the worst drought in 1,200 years. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria joined Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency and Gary Croucher, Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors for the announcement.

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San Vicente Pumped-Storage Electricity Project Moves Ahead

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority and city of San Diego have decided to move forward with environmental review of a pumped-storage electricity generating plant at the San Vicente Reservoir in East County.

The project entails creating a new, smaller reservoir above the giant city-owned lake, a tunnel between the two, and underground pump turbines. Water would be pumped to the upper reservoir when there is excess power on the grid, then drawn down to generate electricity when needed.

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