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- Description
- The parks department is dumping trash bags and refuse improperly on fiesta island, uncovered in trash bags easily torn apart by wildlife, leading to windblown debris all over the island and flotsam reaching mission bay in violation of state law and city ordinance. Have observed trash growing and spreading over months. Observed parks department pickup trucks hauling trash as recently as today 7/18/26. See: 14 CCR Div.7 Ch.3 Art.5/6 solid-waste handling standards (Integrated Waste Mgmt Act, PRC §40000 et seq.; City LEA jurisdiction); SDMC §§66.0103, 66.0104, 66.0126 (uncontained/unsecured waste; deposit on public grounds); Cal. Penal Code §374.7 (littering into/within 150 ft of a bay); SDMC §§43.0302, 43.0304, 43.0309 and MS4 Permit R9-2013-0001 (prohibited discharge of trash to the MS4/bay); Statewide Trash Amendments; Coastal Act PRC §§30230–30231.
- Location
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Fiesta Island, 1590 E Mission Bay Dr., San Diego, CA 92109, USA
32.7713078, -117.2159781 - Additional Details
- Specific location of the incident: The interior of the island in city storage yard, some in open dumpsters, some scattered in bags.
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