Slowly but surely the San Diego County Water Authority has scaled back on next year’s proposed water rate increase. Officials initially proposed an 18 percent increase, then lowered their proposal to 12 percent. On Tuesday, they came down on the rate hike again, suggesting to the San Diego City Council an increase of 10.4 percent.

That wasn’t good enough for several councilmembers.

Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera was adamant the Water Authority could find ways to reduce the rate increase even more.

“Part of my criticism from the last month and a half or so, is I don’t think CWA feels the pressure that we feel from having to talk to people who are barely getting by,” he said. “The complete disregard for the impact of the costs on the people that we serve is unacceptable.”

Councilmember Ma

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