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From:Laura Praszker <br />To:GRP-City Council <br />Subject:Water Rate Hike - Official Protest Letter <br />Date:Sunday, August 10, 2025 5:52:24 PM <br />You don't often get email from lprasz@sbcglobal.net. Learn why this is important <br />Aug 10, 2025 <br /> <br />To the Redwood City Council and Water Department <br />Officials, <br /> <br />I am writing to formally protest the proposed water rate <br />hike for Redwood City. This increase is simply too <br />expensive, and it will have a particularly harmful impact <br />on seniors who live on fixed incomes. <br /> <br />Contrary to popular belief, many homeowners in <br />Redwood City are not wealthy and cannot afford yet <br />another rate hike. In 2024, we were already hit hard by a <br />series of record-breaking PG&E rate increases, all <br />approved by the California Public Utilities Commission <br />(CPUC). These increases have already strained <br />household budgets to the breaking point. <br /> <br />Adding to that burden, the current state of the struggling <br />economy and the ongoing price hikes on goods due to