Tom Fudge: On Monday, the San Diego City Council is expected to approve a plan by the mayor to raise water and sewer rates. If the plan goes into affect, the average residential rate payer will pay an extra $300 a year by 2011.
The mayor and environmentalists are calling for the increase to pay for needed improvements to the system. Opponents call the rate increase a tax increase. And some consumer advocates say the burden of the rate hike falls unfairly on home owners, rather than businesses.
If you're interested in attending the meeting, the San Diego City Council will be discussing the proposed water and sewer rate increase at 2 p.m.
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- Alison St John, metro reporter for KPBS News
End Music: “
The Look of Slim”
by Gene Harris and the Three Sounds, from the album
Elegant Soul
(1968)
