Public records show a Riverside County water agency is funding a $15,000-per-month public relations campaign in San Diego County on behalf of the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  The full scope and objectives of the public relations effort are unknown because Eastern’s officials are refusing to comply with state public records law and turn over [...]

Detailed documents describing how the Metropolitan Water District and a majority of its member agencies worked together to set rates, develop policies and discriminate against San Diego County water ratepayers are now available online. The more than 500 pages of documents, which were obtained under the California Public Records Act, reveal a “Secret Society” organized [...]