May 27, 2026
Chamber staff met with the County of San Diego’s Office of Economic Development and Government Affairs to coordinate efforts as the County advances an economic impact study on the Tijuana River Valley transboundary pollution crisis.
The Chamber is supporting outreach by distributing surveys to businesses, tourism stakeholders, community organizations, and other partners to capture data on how this issue has hindered economic growth and investment.
🔊 Your input is needed.
The survey should take between 5-20 minutes to complete, depending on the track (business, resident, visitor, or organization). You will be asked questions about how the sewage crisis may have affected you, your household, your business, or your community. Your responses are critical to inform and advance policy and actions to mitigate transboundary pollution, and will be added to other research, data, and community input. The survey will remain open for about 4 weeks, so please take time to provide your input soon.
This study is expected to be finalized and presented to the Board of Supervisors in October. Chamber also met with the Prebys Foundation and regional stakeholders actively working on this issue to explore opportunities for continued collaboration.
Over the past couple of months, the Chamber has also engaged with key government stakeholders and shared a copy of the Tijuana River Contamination Crisis: A Five-Pillar Framework for Binational Solutions report with regional elected officials. Similarly, the team shared copies of letters to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and Mexico’s Ministry of Economy outlining proposals to leverage the USMCA trade agreement to advance solutions to transboundary pollution. These efforts contributed to a letter authored by Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, along with Representatives Scott Peters, Sara Jacobs, Juan Vargas, and Mike Levin, urging USTR to incorporate many of these recommendations into the trade agreement review.