San Diego Port officials are adding their voices to the call for the governor and president to declare a state of emergency to deal with sewage-tainted flows coming across the international border and fouling U.S. beaches.
The letter implores the state to take a leadership position as South Bay communities grapple with “an unprecedented crisis that extends beyond the realm of local control.”
The port’s letter urges the state to use every resource and enforcement authority to address the issue which has led to chronic beach closures of the county’s southern beaches. Moreno lives less than a mile from the international wastewater treatment plant and she said the sewage smell from the valley forces her to keep her windows closed.South Bay residents should not have to live like that, she said.
All 18 of the region's mayors are asking for help and they see the governor as a key part of the solution.
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