Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre announced her candidacy for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to fill the seat being vacated by Chair Nora Vargas. Aguirre highlights her record on housing, clean air and water, and sewage crisis resolution as key qualifications. The article also discusses the unexpected departure of Vargas and the undecided process for filling the vacant seat.
What will be done with the empty seat when Board Chair Nora Vargas' term expires on Jan. 6 is yet to be decided Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre on Monday announced her intention to run for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, hoping to fill the seat that will be vacated next month by current board Chair Nora Vargas.
However, what will be done with the empty seat when Vargas' term expires on Jan. 6 is yet to be decided. Just 10 days ago, more than a month after a resounding reelection victory, Vargas announced she would not sit for her second term on the board. Vargas was elected to the board in 2020, replacing former Supervisor Greg Cox on Jan. 4, 2021. She is the first Hispanic woman to serve on the board.
That request followed a supervisor vote delaying the proposal to seek the designation, a 1980 law that lets the EPA clean up contaminated areas -- such as the infamous Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York. "The EPA must act now to designate the Tijuana River Valley as a Superfund site. Our Southbay communities have a right to breathe clean air, drink safe water, and live without fear of contamination. We owe it to every family, every child, and every resident who's been forced to live with this toxic pollution for far too long."
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