South County leaders want the state and federal governments to declare cross-border pollution an emergency
Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging President Joe Biden and Congress to immediately free up $300 million to make urgent repairs to the failing and outdated treatment plant at the U.S.-Mexico border that continues to allow Tijuana sewage to foul South County shorelines, but he stopped short of declaring an emergency.
“It is an emergency,” said Commissioner Meagan Harmon, whom Newsom appointed to represent the south central coast. “Both a state and federal declaration of such is necessary and it is what the people of Imperial Beach and the surrounding communities deserve and no less.” A Newsom spokesperson said the governor has not declared a state of emergency because “we’re trying to get the federal assistance we need to help address the issue because it’s obviously a federal issue for the most part.”
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