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Simi Valley council introduces 5-year sanitation rate increases after protest ballots fall short
Summary
The City Council voted to introduce an ordinance to raise sanitation rates an average of 3.5% a year for five years, after officials said mailed protest ballots fell far short of the threshold needed to block the change.
The Simi Valley City Council on May 5 introduced for first reading an ordinance that would raise sanitation rates an average of 3.5% annually for five fiscal years, beginning in 2025–26.
The rate package, presented by Public Works Director Ron Fujiwaki, would fund a multi-year capital program for the city’s aging sanitation system and water quality control plant. Fujiwaki told the council the increases respond primarily to infrastructure needs and that sanitation operates as a self-supporting enterprise fund paid for by user fees.
Council members and staff emphasized the scale of planned capital work as the principal driver. Fujiwaki said the city plans “to repair and rehabilitate the sanitation…
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