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Federal, state offices brief Carlsbad subcommittee on coastal protection, airport engagement and school meal EBT proposal

3286704 · May 13, 2025
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Representatives from U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, State Sen. Catherine Blake Spear and the state assemblymember’s office updated the Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee on funding and policy items including Tijuana River Valley cleanup funding, a proposed ban on offshore drilling, a summer EBT expansion and a possible FAA virtual town hall about Palomar Airport.

Representatives from U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, State Sen. Catherine Blakespear and the state assemblymember’s office updated the Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee on funding and policy items affecting the North County region.

Salome Tash, representing Rep. Mike Levin’s office, told the subcommittee the congressman recently pressed the EPA to preserve funding for South Bay water‑treatment upgrades and to hold Mexico accountable for cross‑border pollution cleanup. She said the congressman joined an EPA visit to the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant and “urged no cuts to funding dedicated to clean up efforts in the region.”

Tash also reported the congressman reintroduced the Southern California Coast and Ocean…

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