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San Diego Union-Tribune

Newsom sticks to his refusal to declare sewage crisis an emergency. ‘It would have meant nothing.’

San Diego Union-Tribune
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Gov. Gavin Newsom says declaring an emergency declaration would "have been just a statement backed up by nothing" Gov. Newsom 's administration has made the case that the sewage crisis does not qualify as an emergency under state statute.

Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre challenges the governor’s remarks, saying such a declaration would “mean a lot to the families with young children, the elderly, and the immunocompromised.