Walker Armstrong
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Newsom signs bills targeting hydrogen sulfide, worker safety in Tijuana River Valley (opens the original)
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two bills targeting the health effects of the Tijuana River sewage crisis. One orders the state’s first update in more than a half-century to its hydrogen sulfide air standard. The other requires workplace protections for lifeguards, park rangers and others working outdoors in the Tijuana River Valley. Senate Bill 58, by state Sen. Steve Padilla, directs the California Air Resources Board to update the state’s air quality standard for hydrogen sulfide, which has not
Rodriguez files citizens initiative for National City business tax overhaul as council continues to eye 2027 vote (opens the original)
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National City Councilmember Jose Rodriguez, a mayoral candidate, joined city workers and labor groups Wednesday in filing papers with the city to put a business license tax overhaul before voters in 2028 — a revenue-generating measure that failed during a council vote in August after pushback from the city’s business community. He cast the move as a response to a City Council he says has refused to act as the city faces a roughly $13 million deficit. The council, however, did not abandon the pro
National City delays towing contract award amid questions over recommended companies (opens the original)
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The National City Council has postponed awarding new towing and impound contracts, voting instead to extend its current agreements and revisit the matter in November after council members raised questions about the two recommended companies, including one that was previously suspended by the city of San Diego. The council voted 4-1 on a substitute motion to bring the item back Nov. 17, with Vice Mayor Luz Molina opposed. The city’s existing contracts with Road One Towing and Angelo’s Towing expi
Federal report concludes hydrogen sulfide spikes near Tijuana River pose public health hazard (opens the original)
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A federal public health agency has for the first time found hydrogen sulfide in outdoor air near the Tijuana River reached levels that could harm people’s health, concluding in a draft report released Wednesday that short-term exposure to the gas at those levels is a public health hazard. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which works alongside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based its findings on air monitoring at four sites. The sites were a UC San Diego stat
County, CDC to start second health survey Thursday on Tijuana River sewage crisis (opens the original)
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The county of San Diego and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will begin their second survey Thursday to evaluate community health impacts tied to the ongoing Tijuana River sewage and pollution crisis. The Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey will take place Thursday through Saturday, and aims to revisit conditions first documented by the county during a 2024 CASPER survey. The county said teams will visit randomly selected households Thursday an
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