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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-072
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL
1208: WASTE DISCHARGE PERMITS: LANDFILLS
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2010, the voters of San Diego County approved county-wide
initiative Proposition A which amended the County General Plan and other ordinances and policies
of the County of San Diego to allow for the construction and operation of a recycling collection
center and class III solid waste landfill on the project site located in the unincorporated area of
south San Diego County, approximately two miles east of the Siempre Viva Road exit from
Interstate 905, one-quarter mile from Loop Road/Paseo De La Fuente and east of State Route 11; and
WHEREAS, there are various regulatory agencies involved in the permitting of landfills,
including the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and
others like the Regional Water Quality Control Boards, which regulate discharges of waste to land
using permits known as “Waste Discharge Requirements;” and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill (SB) 1208 would amend Section 40060 of the Public Resources
Code relating to solid waste by prohibiting a regional water board from issuing a waste discharge
permit for a new landfill that is used for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste if the land is
located within the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve or within an area that is
tributary to the Tijuana River; and
WHEREAS, the bill would also expand the definition of “landfill used for the disposal of
nonhazardous solid waste” to also include a disposal site regulated by a regional water board as a
class II landfill; and
WHEREAS, for decades, the ongoing transboundary pollution crisis has severally
impacted the coastline of South San Diego County due to untreated sewage, trash, and sediment
that originates from across the U.S.–Mexico border; and
WHEREAS, concerns have been raised about the potential for harmful pollutants to be
discharged from the proposed landfill on the project site located within the Tijuana River Watershed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it supports SB 1208 in accordance with the 2023-2024 Legislative Platform.
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Resolution No. 2024-072
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Maria V. Kachadoorian Marco A. Verdugo
City Manager City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 23rd day of April 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Gonzalez, and Preciado
NAYS: Councilmembers: Morineau and McCann
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2024-072 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 23rd day of April 2024.
Executed this 23rd day of April 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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