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Residents press council on water rates, bathroom access for unhoused people and permits for long-running Wharf events
Summary
Multiple speakers used oral communications to criticize water rates and fund reserves, to urge greater water and bathroom access for people experiencing homelessness, and to seek help restoring permits for Salsa by the Sea at the Wharf.
During oral communications at the April 1 Santa Cruz City Council meeting, several residents raised concerns about water policy, homelessness services and community events.
A speaker criticized the city’s water rate structure and the “rate stabilization” fee, alleging large reserves and transfers he described as opaque and “greedy and abusive.” The commenter…
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