Sacramento Report: Two Gubernatorial Candidates on Tijuana River Pollution

Sacramento Report: Two Gubernatorial Candidates on Tijuana River Pollution

For years, local officials and environmentalists in South San Diego County — where sewage entering from Mexico has polluted the shores for decades — have suggested that the state has not deployed enough resources to address the soiled waters of the Tijuana River. Nearly $700 million in federal money since 2022 has been sent to the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission, the national agency in charge of cross-border rivers, to upgrade d…