The Association of California Water Agencies held its 2024 fall conference December 3-5 in Palm Desert, and Rancho California Water District director of government and public affairs Danielle Coats was on a December 4 panel.Coats participated in the “Moving the Ball Forward on a Water Low Income Rate Assistance Program” session. The panel discussed issues and challenges to implementing a water low-income rate assistance program.“I think it’s just an interesting opportunity to explore how water districts are similar and different from other utilities,” Coats said. “Water is one of the utilities that does not have an assistance program.”Other than coronavirus relief measures the State of California has not had a rate assistance program for low-income water users. Th
