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Water's Monopoly Game — Public? Private?

STORIES, CITY LIGHTS NEWS

Moss Gropen, SAN DIEGO READER

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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In 2006, San Diegans passed Proposition C, opening the door to privatizing services that had previously been the domain of the public sector. On January 13, 2011, Sanders announced that the City of San Diego will solicit bids later this year for private-sector operation of its street sweeping, road and sidewalk maintenance, and public utilities. Of all these City-run endeavors, it’s the Public Utilities Department — the waterworks — that has caught the attention of naysayers, who have already voiced opposition to the still-nascent steps toward privatization.