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West Sacramento adopts process to allow public objections ahead of proposed utility-rate increases
Summary
Council reviewed and approved a staff plan to implement state-required 'exhaustion procedures' that give property owners and ratepayers a formal window to submit written objections to proposed water and sewer fee increases before litigation is permitted; staff said the council will consider proposed rates Dec. 3 with the Prop. 218 process to follow in spring.
City staff on Nov. 19 presented a new procedural step to accompany any upcoming proposed water or sewer rate increases: an 'exhaustion procedures' process that gives property owners and ratepayers a formal opportunity to review proposed fees and submit written objections before litigation is allowed.
Staff explained the process is a state requirement (referred to during the meeting as AB 2257 or similarly numbered AB language in the 2024–2025 timeframe) that differs from the Prop. 218 protest…
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