Despite the political firestorm surrounding Cerritos water rates, communities across Southern California are confronting substantial increases of their own as utilities struggle with aging infrastructure, rising imported-water costs, depleted reserves and increasingly expensive state and federal water-quality requirements. By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X August 21, 2026 The battle over Cerritos water rates has become one of the loudest issues…
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