LACSD May BOD Regular Meeting. 5-26-2026. Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Garin Vartanian — Discussed Ordinance 61, the Supplemental Water Fee, the CalPERS pension-liability loan, and the ratepayer cost of providing recycled water to LACC.
Ted Heyck — Argued that the original water crisis has changed, that Supplemental Water Fee money has been stretched beyond its intended purpose, and that LACSD must refocus on ratepayer interests.
Michael Schultz — Attacked Arrowhead Woods Informed and Garin Vartanian while defending the current LACSD Board and its financial management.
Scott Rindenow — Raised concerns about golden mussel contamination and asked whether LACSD is using bill inserts or other outreach to educate ratepayers about the risk to Lake Arrowhead.
Mike Owens — Questioned LACSD’s engineering-contract process, asking whether the contracts are true not-to-exceed arrangements, whether fixed-price RFPs should be used, and whether electronic as-builts could be shared with competing firms to improve bidding.