Tax Bills, Clean Power, and the Robot-Taxi Standoff at the Airport
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The City of San Diego sent corrected data to the County Treasurer-Tax Collector on Friday, formally launching the process of fixing inflated property-tax bills for roughly 87,000 ratepayers. The error overstated the solid-waste charge on some county property-tax bills — in certain cases by hundreds of dollars — though the city maintains that balances in its own residential-waste portal were always accurate. The problem was confined to what the city transmitted to the county for the property-tax line item.
Practical guidance for homeowners remains cautious: do not pay an obviously inflated waste assessment without first comparing it against the city portal figure, and wait for the revised county information to arrive. The city has not specified when affected households should expect corrected bills, leaving open the question of whether homeowners will be caught in limbo as tax deadlines approach. Council members have been publicly challenging Mayor Gloria's administrative oversight in connection with the error, pressure that shows no sign of easing — particularly as the mayor prepares to leave town next month for the U.S. Conference of Mayors' National Affordability Tour, with stops in Albuquerque, Austin, Columbus, and Atlanta.
On a separate front, Coronado officially joined San Diego Community Power on Friday, September 25th, becoming the eighth jurisdiction in the regional community-choice electricity program. Membership gives Coronado access to an alternative electricity-procurement system and the ability to negotiate contracts for renewable energy outside of sole reliance on SDG&E. The specifics of when and how Coronado customers will see implementation changes were not detailed in available reporting.
Local officials also escalated their push against autonomous-vehicle passenger service at San Diego International Airport, formally urging the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority to prohibit robotaxis from operating at the facility. The City Council had already passed a resolution asking the state to grant local governments broader control over autonomous-vehicle deployment. Friday's development adds a new layer by directing pressure at the Airport Authority — a separate governing body with its own political dynamics — in an effort to carve out local authority at one high-visibility location, even as state agencies retain primary licensing power over autonomous vehicles in California.