TO: Coronado City Council
It's time for Coronado to join a sewage lawsuit. Our regional trans-border sewage crisis represents a serious public health & safety concern to residents, visitors, border patrol and military personnel who use our beaches.
Diplomatically the stage has been set with respect to the federal government. It is now time for the City of Coronado to force their hand by joining a sewage lawsuit against the U.S. section of the International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC) to press the federal government to fix this crisis. San Diego City Council voted unanimously this week to join a sewage lawsuit against the IBWC. For a united front and solidarity in the South Bay, we strongly recommend Coronado join forces with Imperial Beach, Chula Vista and the Port of San Diego in their lawsuit against the IBWC which addresses all of the pollution sources (both the canyon collectors and flood control channel).
Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request.
Updates
January 27, 2024
My own kids are sick of looking at the caution tape on the sand while we wait for someone in charge to take real action. I am currently gathering the paperwork to show the city council exactly how many of us demand they join this fight for our water.
Reached 100 supporters
January 27, 2024
37 Comments
This is not just an issue that affect surfers. CBP officers who must work in the Tijuana River valley and Navy Seals who trained in the oceans in this region have reported illnesses due to coming in contact with sewage related bacteria and other toxic substances. The problem is only getting worse and it appears that the city of Coronado wants to hide its head in the sand. Switch flows come up to Coronado and beyond. This is everyone's problem.
Been surfing in the area for 39 years and it’s only ever gotten worse. So bad now we can’t surf in Imperial beach anymore because signs are always up or risk of illness is so high. Surfers are just one small fraction of millions who are harmed by this atrocity, and the environment is deluged with toxicity as well.
Living right by this beautiful beach it’s the saddest thing to not able to enjoy it because of sewage. Can’t let my 21 month old to feel the water in the ocean because of such crisis, it’s mind blowing...
Moved to Coronado in 1954 at age 9. Graduated from CHS in 1963. My mother (Anne W Goodbody, widow of former Coronado City Attorney Rich Goodbody) was an original owner in the Shores and lived there until she passed on in 2008. I lived in Coronado off and on until late 2017.. Now live near Palm Springs but return to Coronado frequently. Coronado is my home town, and has never had such a bad problem with sewage contamination from Mexico.. Once in a while, but usually only after storms, and most of that was from local runoff. I urge you to join this lawsuit to preserve Coronado's beautiful (and CLEAN!) beaches, in addition to completing the puzzle map of this united (yet minus one) lawsuit. Push HARD on this issue, please!!
I live in IB. We are connected in a web of life, and sewage. Joining the lawsuit IBWC is an excellent choice for your community.
The beach gets grosser and grosser
Coronado won't do it though. They're too afraid to lose their beach ratings...
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TO: Coronado City Council
It's time for Coronado to join a sewage lawsuit. Our regional trans-border sewage crisis represents a serious public health & safety concern to residents, visitors, border patrol and military personnel who use our beaches.
Diplomatically the stage has been set with respect to the federal government. It is now time for the City of Coronado to force their hand by joining a sewage lawsuit against the U.S. section of the International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC) to press the federal government to fix this crisis. San Diego City Council voted unanimously this week to join a sewage lawsuit against the IBWC. For a united front and solidarity in the South Bay, we strongly recommend Coronado join forces with Imperial Beach, Chula Vista and the Port of San Diego in their lawsuit against the IBWC which addresses all of the pollution sources (both the canyon collectors and flood control channel).
Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request.
Updates
January 27, 2024
My own kids are sick of looking at the caution tape on the sand while we wait for someone in charge to take real action. I am currently gathering the paperwork to show the city council exactly how many of us demand they join this fight for our water.
Reached 100 supporters
January 27, 2024
37 Comments
Listen to your constituents, do the right thing, join your neighboring city IB, who has a much smaller tax base, and fight via legal means for clean, NON-POLLUTED Oceans and Beaches from IB and Nort along Silver Strand, Hotel Del, and Coronado Public Beaches. Please do the civic right thing and listen to reason to resented by virtue this petition’s message.
This is not just an issue that affect surfers. CBP officers who must work in the Tijuana River valley and Navy Seals who trained in the oceans in this region have reported illnesses due to coming in contact with sewage related bacteria and other toxic substances. The problem is only getting worse and it appears that the city of Coronado wants to hide its head in the sand. Switch flows come up to Coronado and beyond. This is everyone's problem.
Been surfing in the area for 39 years and it’s only ever gotten worse. So bad now we can’t surf in Imperial beach anymore because signs are always up or risk of illness is so high. Surfers are just one small fraction of millions who are harmed by this atrocity, and the environment is deluged with toxicity as well.
Living right by this beautiful beach it’s the saddest thing to not able to enjoy it because of sewage. Can’t let my 21 month old to feel the water in the ocean because of such crisis, it’s mind blowing...
Moved to Coronado in 1954 at age 9. Graduated from CHS in 1963. My mother (Anne W Goodbody, widow of former Coronado City Attorney Rich Goodbody) was an original owner in the Shores and lived there until she passed on in 2008. I lived in Coronado off and on until late 2017.. Now live near Palm Springs but return to Coronado frequently. Coronado is my home town, and has never had such a bad problem with sewage contamination from Mexico.. Once in a while, but usually only after storms, and most of that was from local runoff. I urge you to join this lawsuit to preserve Coronado's beautiful (and CLEAN!) beaches, in addition to completing the puzzle map of this united (yet minus one) lawsuit. Push HARD on this issue, please!!
I live in IB. We are connected in a web of life, and sewage. Joining the lawsuit IBWC is an excellent choice for your community.
The beach gets grosser and grosser
Coronado won't do it though. They're too afraid to lose their beach ratings...
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Listen to your constituents, do the right thing, join your neighboring city IB, who has a much smaller tax base, and fight via legal means for clean, NON-POLLUTED Oceans and Beaches from IB and Nort along Silver Strand, Hotel Del, and Coronado Public Beaches. Please do the civic right thing and listen to reason to resented by virtue this petition’s message.