San Diego
From the meeting · City Council, · 0:56
Is the Tijuana River crisis still an emergency?
During public comment on agenda items, which include another extension of the city's Tijuana River state of emergency, a caller argues that the city helped cause the problem.
a member of the public
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a member of the public People are very focused on the surface but the fact is there is tremendous pressure being put on any buried infrastructure.
a member of the public And the city thirty years ago was wholeheartedly in support of building more infrastructure in this river delta.
a member of the public So it's every month this is a state of emergency continues to be declared.
a member of the public And the fact is that the city contributed to this emergency by building a facility and lobbying in Washington DC despite lawsuits despite evidence that the situation we're experiencing today would occur.
a member of the public So this is not an emergency at this point.
a member of the public It is simply an ongoing status that the City of San Diego voted multiple times to create.
a member of the public And so it's a bit ironic that you call an emergency something that could have been foreseen and actually was foreseen with lawsuits and litigation many years ago.