Downtown street in Hopland with small businesses, parked vehicles, a tall evergreen tree, and hills visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
A view of downtown Hopland, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (Sydney Fishman/Bay City News)

Editor’s note: The story reported the water and wastewater rate hike is 40%, but the water rate increase will be 40%, and the wastewater rate increase will be 25%. A correction has been made to reflect this.

MENDOCINO CO., 10/7/25 — The Hopland Public Utility District will hold a public hearing this week on a proposed 40% water and 25% wastewater rate increase that would help pay for aging infrastructure, inflation costs and a utility relocation program.

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.