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Sunnyvale Council approves budget and utility rate hikes

City Council approved the 2026/27 budget with amendments, set water rates to rise 7.5%, wastewater rates 7%, and solid waste rates 3%, and kept the downtown parking district assessment in place. It also extended the temporary moratorium on new smoke shops for 10 months and 15 days, approved a contract for Serra Park renovation design work, and continued the city charter election item to June 23.