LWVSD joined the environmental community and signed the Surfrider petition for non-profit organizations to the California State Governor asking for a Federal Emergency Declaration for the Tijuana River Transboundary Crisis. The Tijuana River Transboundary Crisis is a decades-old problem that has significant negative impacts on water quality, public health, and the environment in the San Diego Region. Billions of gallons of toxic transboundary wastewater pollution is wreaking havoc on the local community, economy and environment along the coastline of South San Diego County. By signing on to this letter, the League of Women Voters would be advocating for urgent action to address this environmental and public health crisis. This can no longer be ignored as anything other than an urgent, local issue.The Surfrider Foundation is requesting the public’s help by signing the petition, learn more about the issue and sign the petition
here.