In yet another strike against California, the Trump administration accused the state of 'failing to protect Californians from degraded water,' specifically citing concerns about waste from homeless populations getting into sewer systems. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew
In yet another strike against California, the Trump administration accused the state of"failing to protect Californians from degraded water," specifically citing concerns about waste from homeless populations getting into sewer systems.
"The EPA is aware of the growing homelessness crisis developing in major California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the impact of this crisis on the environment. Indeed, press reports indicate that 'piles of human feces' on sidewalks and streets in these cities are becoming all too common," Wheeler said in the letter.
"As I’ve said before, there are no needles washing out to the Bay or Ocean from our sewer system, and there is no relationship between homelessness and water quality in San Francisco. It’s just not a real issue. Now, we have been working with the EPA on a number of issues for the past few years, and we have had a good working relationship with them," Breed said in a statement.
"In the absence of federal leadership to address real environmental issues affecting climate change, San Francisco will continue our national leadership to advance policies to make our energy 100% renewable, make our buildings greenhouse-gas-free, electrify our transportation sector, and, yes, keep our bay and ocean clean. That’s who we are in San Francisco, and that’s the work we are going to do," she said in the statement.
Last Friday, Trump said the EPA would tell San Francisco the city is violating environmental laws by failing to address pollution flowing into the ocean from homeless encampments. Wheeler also told reporters at an unrelated event Thursday morning that he has been looking into the issue of drinking water in California since he was asked about it in a congressional hearing in March and that he has discussed the issue of state oversight of water programs with the White House.
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