Stockton - Board Chairman Robert Rickman issued the following statement on the reported request from PG&E for a second proposed rate increase:

“San Joaquin County residents are being hit from all sides by increasing costs and higher bills. At a time when grocery costs, housing costs and inflation are all impacting families' monthly budgets, I am stunned by PG&E's tone-deaf indifference to their customers. PG&E should not be able to continue to pass increasing costs on to its customers based on its lack of planning and lack of appropriate care for California infrastructure over the past decades.”

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The Board of Supervisors is the governing body of San Joaquin County and serves more than 779,000 residents. The Board establishes County policies, passes local ordinances, approves the budget, sets local tax rates, supports community programs, and provides many other essential services.