SDCTA

@sdcta

Local government watchdog and public policy think tank.

San Diego

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 21

On today’s #SanDiego city council docket: a proposal to raise water rates by 62% and sewer rates by 30%. cbs8.com/article/news/l… sandiego.hylandcloud.com/211agendaonlin…

sdcta's tweet image. On today’s #SanDiego city council docket: a proposal to raise water rates by 62% and sewer rates by 30%.

cbs8.com/article/news/l…

sandiego.hylandcloud.com/211agendaonlin…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 21

You may have heard that the City of #SanDiego is planning to raise water rates. What you might not have heard is that the city may be forced to abandon its tiered system of pricing water by tiers, that is the first 100 cubic feet of water costs less than the next 100 hundred…

sdcta's tweet image. You may have heard that the City of #SanDiego is planning to raise water rates. What you might not have heard is that the city may be forced to abandon its tiered system of pricing water by tiers, that is the first 100 cubic feet of water costs less than the next 100 hundred…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 20

The mayor and council may be able to save residents some money if they put up some or all of #SanDiego's trash collection services for competitive bid. "Under a 2006 City Charter amendment approved in a landslide by voters, the city is explicitly allowed to use a 'managed…

sdcta's tweet image. The mayor and council may be able to save residents some money if they put up some or all of #SanDiego's trash collection services for competitive bid.

"Under a 2006 City Charter amendment approved in a landslide by voters, the city is explicitly allowed to use a 'managed…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 20

While #SanDiego is facing a probable operating budget shortfall this year, it continues to spend time on money on an increasingly expensive ‘affordable’ housing deal. “The deal boils down to a policy choice, with the city sacrificing immediate profits in favor of residential…

sdcta's tweet image. While #SanDiego is facing a probable operating budget shortfall this year, it continues to spend time on money on an increasingly expensive ‘affordable’ housing deal.

“The deal boils down to a policy choice, with the city sacrificing immediate profits in favor of residential…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 19

The cost of living in #SanDiego will increase over the next few years due to higher water rates and a new trash collection fee. “City officials are proposing 62% hikes to water rates and 31% hikes to sewer rates over four years to cover sharply rising costs for workers, imported…

sdcta's tweet image. The cost of living in #SanDiego will increase over the next few years due to higher water rates and a new trash collection fee.

“City officials are proposing 62% hikes to water rates and 31% hikes to sewer rates over four years to cover sharply rising costs for workers, imported…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 18

If DIF funds aren't spent quickly on much needed projects, they may get spent on 'make work' projects or be drawn down as #SanDiego city staff engage in 'studies' and 'preliminary designs' to keep busy. San Diego has the money it needs to fix this city's many problems but would…

sdcta's tweet image. If DIF funds aren't spent quickly on much needed projects, they may get spent on 'make work' projects or be drawn down as #SanDiego city staff engage in 'studies' and 'preliminary designs' to keep busy. San Diego has the money it needs to fix this city's many problems but would…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 18

AB 699, a bill progressing through the #California state legislature, would reduce the information voters have about proposed tax increases or bond measures on the ballot. “Under existing law, if a proposed local measure imposes a tax or raises the rate of a tax, the ballot must…

sdcta's tweet image. AB 699, a bill progressing through the #California state legislature, would reduce the information voters have about proposed tax increases or bond measures on the ballot.

“Under existing law, if a proposed local measure imposes a tax or raises the rate of a tax, the ballot must…

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SDCTA@sdcta · Jul 17

It should be noted that the $65 million contract approved by the #SanDiego city council was not awarded based on a competive bidding process. From the staff report: "The current container vendor, Rehrig Pacific Company, was retained through a cooperative procurement process."…

sdcta's tweet image. It should be noted that the $65 million contract approved by the #SanDiego city council was not awarded based on a competive bidding process.

From the staff report: "The current container vendor, Rehrig Pacific Company, was retained through a cooperative procurement process."…

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