One-time credit, up to $160, being given to hundreds of thousands of residents after snafu

LONG Beach, California will have to pay back its own water department over $30.8million after a recent legal ruling. This legal ruling will result in residential customers receiving up to a $160 credit. 1 Residential customers are receiving up to a $160 credit Credit: Getty The legal proceedings started in 2021 due to Long Beach’s long-standing practice of charging its own water department access fees to water and sewer lines. These fees were known as Measure M surcharges. However, in December 2021, an appellate court ruled that the practice was unconstitutional. Yet, the City of Long Beach appealed the lower… Read Full Article