Finding F2
Calaveras County Civil Grand Jury is satisfied that Calaveras County Water District communicated planned rate changes and conducted public meetings according to the requirements of Proposition 218. However, although Calaveras County Water District has taken steps to improve upon its public outreach efforts, the extent of the public outcry to the recent rate increases demonstrates that improvement to those outreach efforts should be ongoing.
Jury report: Calaveras County Water District: The Cost of Water · PDF page 8
Permanent linkOfficial response
Calaveras County Water District Board of Directors
The District welcomes recognition of compliance and improvements, agrees outreach is ongoing, and disputes treating social-media complaints as representative.
Read official response · PDF page 2The position is explicit on ongoing outreach but partly implied for the compound finding as a whole. The response identifies its disagreement about public sentiment and explains it with a named 2024 study and the September 13, 2023 hearing; additional outreach records appear on pages 3-4.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.