It was supposed to be a golfer’s paradise.
Now, with a do-or-die deadline to approve a massive 300% water rate hike or face going completely dry, the Central California community of Diablo Grande is at a crossroads.
Now you can add water woes to the list of issues facing Diablo Grande. The community’s residents must approve a jaw-dropping water rate increase from $145 to $569 monthly — nearly a 300% jump — or watch their taps run dry on June 30.
Residents took over management of the water service in 2020, along with its mountain of debt. They face a June 30 deadline to approve the rate hike; otherwise, the agency says, water service to the development will be shut off.
There’s the bullshit right there. It was always stupid expensive to get water there, but the developers made it seem more reasonable and we can be pretty sure buried that detail deep in contracts. Shady sales tactic to obfuscate the eventual costs in order to offload assets that shouldn’t have been built in the first place.
Sure “buyer beware” and all, but I have more rage for the builder than the people that got duped and are now stretched beyond their budget.
The State should consume these predatory building companies and take over the operations of building houses with all the benefits of scale accruing to both buyers and State residents. Cut out the middle men from every bloated industry.