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Water rates double in 8 years: Are you getting soaked?
texas lottery Updated 9:53 a.m. with MWD comment on capital budget So next month, the board of the mighty Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will consider hiking water rates by 7.5...
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Citizens to city: Stop charging extra 10% for water … now!
The 11 citizens who’ve been examining Fullerton’s water rates have a message for the city officials: Stop charging the 10-percent utility fee that has been tacked on to water bills for the past 40...
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Imported water prices: Up 96 percent since 2006
So, last week, after much wrangling and teeth-gnashing, the mighty Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved a 5 percent rate hike for next year, and another 5 percent rate hike for...
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Fullerton halts siphoning of 10 percent water fee
After hours of vetting and debate on Fullerton’s knotty water issues Tuesday night, the city council voted unanimously to stop transferring a controversial 10-percent fee that has been tacked on to...
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CalPERS investigates Serrano Water exec
When David Noyes retired as general manager of Serrano Water District in late 2010, he dove right into his new job — as acting general manager of Serrano Water District. His consulting contract was...
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Stealth support? Special districts swallow $183 million in taxes
Orange County’s 27 special districts — little governments which exist independently from the city and county governments crowding in all around them — collected $182.9 million in property tax dollars...
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Who has cheapest water in Orange County?
So we’ve been telling you how some water districts get millions of dollars every year in property taxes – allowing them to keep rates artifically low — while others get squat. “This year, the District...
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Mesa Water: Grand jury overlooks value of special districts
We’ve been telling you about the Orange County grand jury’s damning new report called “Let There Be Light: Dragging Special Districts from the Shadows.” These local independent governments are not...
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Monterey conference draws hordes of water officials
It has been partly cloudy and cool in lovely Monterey these last few days, where hordes of water officials from all over California have flocked for their annual spring conference. This is a big event...
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Water agency’s debt for lifetime medical benefits climbs to $545 million
Southern California’s largest water agency has accumulated an estimated $545 million in debt because of an uncommon retirement benefit it has promised employees: lifetime medical care. The cost will...
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