Inglewood council adopts 2025 Urban Water Management Plan, approves budget amendment to add housing protection position

The Inglewood City Council held a public hearing June 30 and voted to adopt a resolution approving the city's 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, documents required under the California Urban Water Management Planning Act. Senior civil engineer Adrien Lee summarized the requirements, saying the plans assess supply reliability over a 20-year period, describe demand-management measures and discuss recycled-water use. Lee noted the UWMP adoption deadline is July 1, 2026, and that adopted plans must be submitted to the state Department of Water Resources to maintain eligibility for certain grants and loans.

A resident asked why updated planning documents were not available to the public before a recently enacted water-rate increase; Lee replied that the UWMP is statutorily due July 1 and that the planning document became available to city staff only in recent months, after the rate action. "The urban water management plan is due in July 1st... the rate increase happened quite a while back," Lee said.

Council also approved a staff-recommended budget amendment to add a Program Assistant position for housing protection to the FY2025-26 operating budget. The item was presented by staff and seconded on the floor; the clerk called the roll after motion and second. The record shows councilmembers Gray, Padilla, Morales, Fog and the mayor voting in favor on the consent and related items. The agenda proceeded through consent items and routine reports after those actions.

The UWMP adoption and the budget amendment allow the city to proceed with required submissions and with staffing changes intended to support housing-protection work. Staff told residents hard copies of the UWMP and WSCP will be available at the Inglewood Public Works Department and that the documents will be posted on the city website after submission to the Department of Water Resources.