San Jacinto water-rate proposal went to Aug. 4 public hearing

San Jacinto issued a formal notice for proposed water-rate changes and scheduled a City Council public hearing for Aug. 4, 2026. The proposal could affect the water bills paid by city customers and property owners, but the available records do not establish that any rate increase was ultimately approved.

The hearing was scheduled for 6:30 p.m., or as soon afterward as the matter could be heard, at the San Jacinto Community Center, 625 S. Pico Avenue. The notice identified the San Jacinto City Council as the body handling the hearing and applied to customers and property owners receiving city water service.

What the city proposed

The city’s notice describes proposed changes to water rates. It does not, in the materials available for this report, provide the complete rate schedule needed to determine how much a typical household, business or other property would pay under the proposal.

That means the public record reviewed here supports the existence of a proposed rate change and the hearing process, but not a specific dollar increase. It also does not support a calculation of how a customer’s monthly or regular utility bill would change.

The notice cites Article XIII D of the California Constitution, commonly known as Proposition 218. That provision is cited in connection with California’s property-related-fee rules and the formal notice and public-hearing process for this type of proposed charge.

Final action is not confirmed

The Aug. 4 date was the scheduled hearing date. The approved materials do not confirm what happened at the hearing or whether the council adopted, amended, continued or rejected the proposed rates.

That distinction is important for residents trying to understand their bills. A hearing notice is not the same as an adopted rate resolution. Until the city provides meeting records, a final resolution or the full rate-study materials, it is not possible to say that San Jacinto water rates increased or to state the resulting customer impact.

The city website also lists an Aug. 18, 2026, City Council meeting. That meeting could provide a venue for follow-up if the water-rate matter was continued, but the available information does not confirm that the proposal was placed on that agenda or that the council took action there.

Why the proposal matters locally

Water rates are a direct household and property-owner cost. For city water customers, any adopted schedule would determine how the cost of water service appears on future utility bills. For property owners responsible for service charges, the final terms would be needed to evaluate the financial effect of the change.

The notice therefore marks a meaningful step in a city decision with potential financial consequences, while leaving the most practical questions unanswered: the exact rates, the timing of any change and the amount customers would pay.

The city’s website also displayed information about a separate 419-unit master-planned residential development. That housing item is not part of the water-rate proposal and does not establish anything about the proposed utility charges.

For now, the confirmed development is San Jacinto’s proposed water-rate change and its Proposition 218 hearing process. The next reliable update would need to come from an adopted resolution, meeting minutes, a council agenda item or the complete rate-study attachments.