City leaders said it was needed to keep the utility department financially stable.
Escondido City Council on Wednesday voted 4-1 to increase the water rate over the next five years.The rate increases came after the San Diego County Water Authority increased the wholesale rate by 9.5% in June. Escondido buys most of its water from the Water Authority.
"As we all are aware, inflation and the cost of living is at a 40-year record high level for gasoline food. Rent and interest rates are also at a historic level," Nicholas Lucia said at the meeting Wednesday."Many people are working second jobs, and families are struggling to buy the basic necessities. Water is a basic necessity of life. It is not an item people can do without."“It hurts us just like it hurts you," he said.
This year KPBS is hosting a digital community ofrenda or altar, where you can submit a memory celebrating a loved one who has passed away. KPBS will publish the altar with all of the submissions on Oct. 28 to begin a weeklong celebration.
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