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.
LACSD May BOD Regular Meeting. 6-23-2026. Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Michael Schultz — Used public comment to attack Arrowhead Woods Informed, Garin Vartanian, and Ted Heyck, while defending LACSD and the current Board.
Garin Vartanian — Addressed LACSD’s captive ratepayers and called for Board members who will ask questions, correct records, restrain spending, and act only for ratepayers.
Scott Rindenow — Objected to personal attacks, questioned the financial logic of the Hesperia solar project, asked whether unused Supplemental Water Fee money should be returned, and urged restoration of public Q&A.
Garin Vartanian — Spoke again during the budget discussion and questioned why Supplemental Water Fee money was being allocated to the Hesperia solar project and driveway repairs.
General Manager Ryan Gross — Responded that LACSD is allocating part of the Hesperia solar project to the Supplemental Water Fee fund because solar credits will offset electricity used by recycled-water pumps.
Vice President John Wurm — Defended recycled water, wells, CLAWA water, and conservation as necessary water-supply tools, and argued that recycled water reduces withdrawals from Lake Arrowhead.