SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- San Diego City Council voted to table the conversation on increasing water rates until Tuesday, Oct. 28.

If approved, water rates would increase by more than 60 percent in the city, but councilmembers Kent Lee and Stephen Whitburn who spoke Tuesday were against the hike, along with the more than 30 people who spoke out during public comment.

“It feels tough, you know a lot of us are just struggling to survive at the end of the day, a lot of people working 2 or 3 jobs, but when water, and rent, and food electricity, all go up... the cost of clothing, the cost of school… it's tough," said Hannah Cano with Workers Benefit Council of San Diego.

Along with the water increase if approved, a 30 percent increase for wastewater rates is also on the table. The city said

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