WARNING: SAN DIEGO WATER CUSTOMERS
  IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE FORM NEEDED TO PROTEST THE WATER RATE INCREASE BEFORE 11/17/09,PRINT OURS OR, WRITE A LETTER OF PROTEST AND MAIL IT SOON:  CITY CLERK, MAIL STATION NO. 2P, CITY ADMINISTRATION BLDG., 202 C STREET, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101. The public hearing is scheduled for 10:00 AM.

HOW TO PROTEST  THE NEXT WATER RATE HIKE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 17, 2009: 

STEPS YOU CAN TAKE: 

1) Notify your neighbors to make sure they fill out and  mail their forms too

2) Use Email to notify others and include a link to this PROTEST FORM 

3)If people don't have the form, write a protest letter immediately;

4) CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS --  
Click on the individual councilperson's photo to get to his/her website for individual contact phone number

5) Show up at the  NOVEMBER 17TH HEARING and  HAND IN PROTEST FORMS there.

  Try to find the 3rd class four-page flyer without an envelope from the City justifying another round of rate increases.  Mine arrived Tuesday September 22nd; one of the busiest mail days of the week. It came mixed in with other junk mail including grocery store flyers and drug store coupons. It came with ads we usually throw away. The entire last page (page 4) of this flyer is the protest notice with the form at the bottom.  Page 4 of the mailer says "You Can Protest the Proposed Rate Adjustment. If 50% + 1 person fills out the protest form and mails it in, the huge rate increase cannot legally be implemented.

Print our form, find your own or write a protest letter ASAP.  The original 3rd class mailing says "NOTICE of Public Hearing sent by the City of San Diego".  (Click on attachment to see the flier and form.)    If you choose to protest the rate hike, make a copy just in case someone says your protest form never arrived.  

NOTE:  WHEN THE CITY IS COLLECTING OUR MONEY, BILLS ARE SENT OUT 1ST CLASS MAIL.  WHEN IT BENEFITS THE CITY FOR US NOT TO RESPOND, IT'S SENT AS JUNK MAIL.