On Sept. 30, the San Diego City Council will have to vote on a series of major water rate increases.

They don’t have much choice. The city buys water from the San Diego County Water Authority and that agency has raised its rates. The Water Authority – led mostly by the city of San Diego’s representatives – made big investments that secured water reliability. That’s good but now we must pay for it.

The problem is, the San Diego City Council just finished another week of hard things. The public is getting sick of them raising the cost of things, from parking downtown during Padres games to parking in Balboa Park and trash fees.

The Council is getting queasy.

“The number of us on the Council that are willing to say, ‘This looks bad. I’m going to regret this vote. But I voted for it at bud

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