San Diego has agreed to a $40 million settlement over how it billed single-family water customers, and about 436,069 customers are covered without having to file a claim form. A judge is scheduled to decide whether to give the deal final approval at a hearing on December 11, 2026, according to the OpenClassActions settlement summary.
The case is Patz v. City of San Diego, a challenge to the city’s tiered water rates. The class covers single-family customers of the city’s water system from August 14, 2014 to December 1, 2023…