¡Firme la petición!

The Tijuana River is the environmental and social justice crisis of our lifetime in South County. Progress was on the horizon, but now private developers are trying to put a new landfill in the Tijuana River Valley, making the current problems even worse. The Tijuana River Landfill could lead to more beach closures, more harm to the environment and more injustice for our vulnerable border communities. It must be stopped!

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A BAD DEAL FOR SOUTH COUNTY

Bad for the Tijuana River

Surface and groundwater pollution from a landfill in the watershed will drain directly into the contaminated Tijuana River and then onto beaches that have been closed for more than two years.

Bad for Working Families

The Tijuana River runs through several of the most polluted communities in California, primarily home to working families and immigrants. We shouldn’t burden them any further with an unneeded landfill.

Bad for the Environment

The Tijuana River watershed includes sensitive coastal wetlands and critical habitat for dozens of threatened species. This ecosystem is already on the brink and the addition of another major stressor risks total collapse.

Bad for Local Control

The landfill was promoted under false pretenses and in a way that bypasses review from local elected officials. It also sets a bad precedent that greedy developers can use loopholes to undermine state climate policy.

A UNIFIED VOICE

We are elected officials, environmental groups, labor leaders and community advocates standing firmly against a proposal to construct an unnecessary landfill in the Tijuana River Valley – doubling down on the ecological and social justice crisis of our lifetime in South County.

Supporters

Co-Chairs:
  • Supervisor Nora Vargas, Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
  • Stephanie Peck, Protect Otay Foothills
  • Brigette Browning, San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council
  • Georgette Gomez, Environmental Health Coalition
Elected Officials:
  • Senator Steve Padilla, SD 39
  • Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, AD 56
  • Supervisor Nora Vargas, Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
  • Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre
  • Chula Vista City Councilmember Carolina Chavez
  • Chula Vista City Councilmember Jose Preciado
  • Roberto Alcantar, Southwestern College President
Organizations:
  • Sierra Club San Diego
  • San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council
  • San Diego Democrats for Environmental Action
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • San Diego Coastkeeper
  • Center for Biological Diversity
  • Californians Against Waste
  • Environmental Health Coalition
  • Climate Action Campaign
  • Endangered Habitats League
  • Protect Otay Foothills
  • Casa Familiar
  • Comite Civico del Valle
  • San Diego Audubon Society
  • SD 350
  • San Diego Native Plant Society
  • Wildcoast

We don’t need
this landfill!

San Diego County has enough room in existing landfills to last more than 30 years, and likely longer as we continue to reduce waste and increase recycling.

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We don’t need
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

CEO, TechPro Solutions

“Building an unnecessary landfill in critically important habitat is just plain wrong.”

Lisa Ross, Sierra Club San Diego
Marketing Specialist
CEO, TechPro Solutions

“This Tijuana River Landfill is bad for our beaches, bad for the environment and bad for working families.”

Brigette Browning, Unite Here, Local 30
Marketing Specialist
CEO, TechPro Solutions

“TheTijuana River watershed is among the last places we should ever construct a new landfill.”

Mayor Paloma Aguirre, Imperial Beach
Marketing Specialist
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“Does San Diego County have sufficient landfill capacity to meet the region’s anticipated needs through at least 2053? Yes.”

Sec. Yana Garcia, Cal EPA
COO, Velocity Enterprises
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“Corporations cannot have reign to pollute, especially in communities that have been historic dumping grounds.”

Ali Mariko Dressel, Climate Action Campaign
COO, Velocity Enterprises
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“If this was impacting other parts of the California coast, all hell would be breaking loose.”

Sen. Steve Padilla
CEO, TechPro Solutions
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“This landfill is a risk the Tijuana River can’t afford to take.”

Phillip Musegaas, San Diego Coastkeeper
COO, Velocity Enterprises
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“The addition of another major stressor to our border region would be environmentally hazardous and socially unjust.”

Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera
COO, Velocity Enterprises

A UNIFIED VOICE

We are elected officials, environmental groups, labor leaders and community advocates standing firmly against a proposal to construct an unnecessary landfill in the Tijuana River Valley – doubling down on the ecological and social justice crisis of our lifetime in South County.

The following groups and individuals oppose the Tijuana River Landfill:

Co-Chairs:
  • Senator Steve Padilla
  • Chair Nora Vargas, San Diego Co. Board of Supervisors
  • Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe, San Diego Co.
  • Mayor Paloma Aguirre, Imperial Beach
  • Mayor Ron Morrison, National City
  • Council President Sean Elo Rivera, San Diego
  • Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell, San Diego
  • Councilmember Marni Von Wilpert, San Diego
  • CDeputy Mayor Alonso Gonzalez, Chula Vista
  • Councilmember Jose Preciado, Chula Vista
  • Councilmember Carolina Chavez, Chula Vista
  • Councilmember Jose Rodriguez, National City
  • Roberto Alcantar, Southwestern College
  • Marc Gracyk, Division 3 Director, Helix Water District
Elected Officials:
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Sierra Club California
  • UDW/AFSCME Local 3930
  • Sierra Club San Diego
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • California Coastkeeper Alliance
  • San Diego Coastkeeper
  • Center for Biological Diversity
  • Clean Earth 4 Kids
  • Californians Against Waste
  • Endangered Habitats League
  • Protect Otay Foothills
  • SD 350
  • San Diego Audubon Society
  • San Diego Co. Dems for Environmental Action
  • San Diego Native Plant Society
  • La Voz Demócrata
  • Wildcoast
  • California Coastal Protection Network
  • Environmental Center of San Diego
  • San Diego Pediatricians for Clean Air
  • Climate Action Campaign
  • Unite Here, Local 30
  • Azul
  • California Native Plant Society
  • Alliance SD
  • California Latino Environmental Advocacy Network - CLEAN
  • Activist San Diego
  • Youth Will

A UNIFIED VOICE

We are elected officials, environmental groups, labor leaders and community advocates standing firmly against a proposal to construct an unnecessary landfill in the Tijuana River Valley – doubling down on the ecological and social justice crisis of our lifetime in South County.

Senator Steve Padilla
Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe
San Diego Co.
Mayor Paloma Aguirre
Imperial Beach
Mayor Ron Morrison
National City
Councilmember Sean Elo Rivera
San Diego
Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell
San Diego
Councilmember Marni Von Wilpert
San Diego
Councilmember Jose Preciado
Chula Vista
Deputy Mayor Carolina Chavez
Chula Vista
Councilmember Jose Rodriguez
National City
Roberto Alcantar
Southwestern College
Marc Gracyk
Division 3 Director, Helix Water District
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

"Negatively impacting water quality"

“International transboundary flows of sewage and wastewater from Mexico intoSouthern California are negatively impacting water quality, public access to beaches,public health, critical estuarine and marine habitat, agriculture, the local economy,border security personnel and U.S. military activities.

California Coastal Commission Memo
"Closed due to sewage"

“Over the last year, Southern California communities have experienced unprecedentedbeach closures. Imperial Beach was closed 249 days last year due to untreated sewagein the water, and has been closed for much of this year. Silver Strand has been closed for122 days, and closures have extended north to Coronado, where beaches have beenclosed due to sewage for 51 days this year. Transboundary pollution is not a new issue,but the heavy rains California

Governor Gavin Newsom – Letter to President Joe Biden
“If this was going on in other parts of the coast in California it would be the number onepriority on Planet Earth.”
Steve Padilla
State Senator
"Ongoing state of emergency"

"Since 1993, the City of San Diego has declared an ongoing state of emergency due tothe serious public health risks that arise from untreated and partially-treated human andindustrial waste flowing through our waters.”

UCSD
Scripps Oceanography Awarded Funding to Develop Pathogen ForecastModel
"Pollution is wreaking havoc"

"Silver Strand State Beach was closed 199 consecutive days and remainsunder warning as of today. Since October 2018, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission has documented over 100 billion gallons of toxic effluent into California through the Tijuana River, with an additional 35 billion gallons crossing the internationalborder since December 28, alone."

Paloma Aguirre
Mayor of Imperial Beach – Letter to Governor

South County Beaches Have Been Closed for three Years and Counting

The Tijuana River Landfill can only make matters worse.

My count-up

Beaches near the Tijuana Slough have been closed by the County of San Diego Department of Environmental and Health Quality since December 8, 2021.

NEWS

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Join us in the fight for a cleaner, greener future! Support the No Tijuana River Landfill Coalition today. Together, we can make a lasting impact on our environment and ensure a healthier tomorrow for all. Take action now – say NO to the Tijuana River Landfill!

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