County Budget and Water Rate Decisions Converge on Thursday
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Thursday, June 25 shapes up as one of the most consequential single days in San Diego County's fiscal calendar. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold its final adoption vote on the county's $9.16 billion FY 2027 recommended budget — a $522 million, or 6.1 percent, increase over the current year — at its general legislative session. The budget must be adopted before it takes effect July 1.
The headline allocations include $1.4 billion for behavioral health and $93.1 million for affordable housing. The session is open to the public at the County Administration Center and available remotely. One unresolved item returning for a second reading is Supervisor Joel Anderson's budget transparency measure, which deadlocked 2-2 on June 9; its outcome could shape how residents access budget information going forward.
Earlier that same morning, at 9 a.m., the San Diego County Water Authority's Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on a proposed 3 percent wholesale rate increase for 2027 before voting. Staff attributed the relatively modest increase — below earlier projections — to two new water-sharing agreements signed this spring. The increase will pass through to the SDCWA's 22 retail member agencies, including the City of San Diego, ultimately reaching household water bills.
The authority's tentative plan calls for similar sub-inflation adjustments through 2032, a policy signal intended to give households and businesses long-term predictability in water pricing — though that trajectory depends on supply conditions that cannot be fully projected.