Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and Rep. Mike Levin are calling on the Trump administration to allocate funds to address the environmental crisis at the Tijuana River Valley ahead of the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s visit to the South Bay.
In urging the president to use Congressionally appropriated funds to help fight the overwhelming cross-border sewage pollution, Levin said Monday that the administration needs to continue funding agencies that are working to provide a solution. He specifically called out DOGE for targeting the International Boundary and Water Commission, which helps operate the cross-border treatment plant.
“You can’t say you support a solution and then gut the resources required to get it done,” said Levin, whose district covers parts of San Diego and Orange counties.
Levin and the Democratic members of the San Diego Congressional Delegation have secured over half a billion dollars to upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant and secured commitments from Mexico for clean-up on its side of the border. While the use of this funding was delayed by the first Trump and Biden administrations, the funds risk being cut by the second Trump term and its current approach to government programs.
Speaking directly about Zeldin ahead of his Tuesday visit, Levin urged him to commit to preserving funding dedicated to clean-up efforts in the region.
“I look forward to Administrator Zeldin’s visit. But what matters most is what happens after he leaves,” Levin said.
“We need action. And we need to fix this in a bipartisan way — once and for all.”
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