Why is that important
Officials of the district of San Diego try to determine what communities can do to tackle the pollution from the Tijuana flow. The problem is binational and participates with Mexico and the US government and wastewater issues on both sides of the border.
The supervisory authorities of the district of San Diego will weigh new options to alleviate the effects of the Tijuana wastewater crisis on the South Bay communities, and can describe a “sewage crisis” to coordinate the reaction of the district.
The Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer has come together with the Mayor of Imperial Beach, Paloma Aguirre, who runs for the seat in District 1 in an upcoming special elections to take over a version of the South Bay Action Plan from Aguirre for examination by the district.
The plan reads like a recommendation menu that the district could pursue, including rainwater equipment, to reduce poisonous hotspots in the river, to reduce air filtration systems in schools and day care centers and a study on chronic exposure to hydrogen sulfide. A toxic gas researcher have already identified as abroad from the river. It also includes an economic impact study.
Lawson-Remer said that decisions about how to prepare the district's budget are difficult, “the crisis in the Tijuana River Valley remains particularly urgent.”
“Local governments have to rise,” she said.
In a 3 -Zu -1 vote on Tuesday, the board of directors decided to head the district of administrative officers in the district in order to check the proposal and recommend which projects in the district should set priorities. None of the options in the plan have swiveled the vote or assigned funds.
Approved in the proposal, the Board of Directors will also create a new sub -committee to monitor the district's efforts, including board members from District 1 and 3, which are most affected. It is mentioned by someone whose “main focus” is to coordinate public health, infrastructure and financing efforts in relation to the wastewater crisis.
Remer said that the committee could only be founded after the special elections to decide who will fill the position on the board: Democrat Aguirre or Republican Mayor of Chula Vista, John McCann. Although County Supervisors are non -partisan offices, those who wins which political party controls the board.
Supervisor Jim Desmond gave the different vote and said that the projects in the plan do not discuss the “basic cause” of wastewater and industrial waste in the river, which he came from Mexico.
“We do not need more studies nor do we need a wastewater manager. We know what the problem is,” said Desmond. “We have to do the problem of this Mexico.”
Supervisor Joel Anderson, who voted for the agenda, suggested a change in which the report was checked whether filtration systems are effective in schools and to clarify whether the air in the region is toxic or not. Anderson cited discrepancies between the district's own studies and the reason for the addition.
The plan recommends that the district bring funds to improve HLK systems at the South Bay schools and strives for contributions from school districts, the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, state and state subsidies as well as philanthropic donors.
Aguirre praised the decision in a declaration published after the vote.
“Let us be clear – the real solution for this outrageous crisis still depends on Washington and Mexico. But that does not mean that the district should sit on the edge and wait while families in South County suffer.”
Last year, McCann worked with Aguirre to praise the federal financing for the South Bay of International Wastewater Treatment for the efforts of South Bay, and directed Chula Vista's efforts to explain a state of emergency in relation to the sewage crisis. In an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune, he described the district's reaction to the wastewater crisis as “very poor” and said that he would “increase massive pressure on all environmental agencies to act immediately”.
The district will hear the recommendations for the plan on September 30th.