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Research / A Fresh Lens on the Tijuana River Crisis

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A Fresh Lens on the Tijuana River Crisis

August 10, 2026

By Sarahi Lopez
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Why public health can’t wait for infrastructure. Sarahi Lopez argues that the Tijuana River crisis has been treated primarily as a transboundary infrastructure challenge — but it is also an ongoing public health emergency, and recognizing it as such changes what the State of California should be doing right now, not years down the road.

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