South Bay residents have faced contaminated ocean water, as well as a boil water warning in recent weeks. Plus, a Voice of San Diego investigation uncovered a fake nonprofit taking in concession money from local sports venues. Then, ten years after Bob Filner's resignation, we take a look back at the sexual harassment scandal that prompted it.
S1: This week on Kpbs Roundtable. Tropical Storm Hillary has seen more than 2 billion gallons of contaminated water flowing across the border.
S1: Don't go anywhere. Roundtable is coming up next. Welcome to Kpbs Roundtable. I'm Matt Hoffman. Contaminated water is nothing new for those living in the coastal border region. These cross-border sewage flows have led to frequent and long term beach closures. In fact , the beach just north of the border has had contamination warning since December of 2021. But last week , South Bay residents drinking water also became contaminated.
S1: So we know that that was going on. But then South Bay residents , their drinking water was also in jeopardy last week. Over 100,000 people put under a boil water advisory. S6: We've suffered with our ocean being poisoned for so long , only to later find out that our air is poisoned as well. Our parks around the area , especially in the Hunter Valley , are poisoned and now our drinking water is poisoned.
S1: And Eric , we also know that you say that the current treatment facility needs repairs , like we're talking like $100 million worth of repairs. S1: Well , Eric , we definitely appreciate the update here. Eric Anderson is Kpbs environment reporter. And Eric , thanks for being here.S1: Coming up , a nonprofit operating at Petco Park and Snapdragon Stadium that a voice of San Diego investigation found didn't actually exist , but it was still getting a cut of concession money. It was pretty shockingly the.S1: We're diving into the investigation and the resulting action that's now being taken.
S3: You know , he told me he had no idea that the name was still floating around. He did tell me that , you know , I was able to track down the people who are supposedly running this fake version of Chula Vista fast Pitch. And he told me one of those people did have a loose connection to the league when when it existed. He was like the brother of a coach. So I don't know if that's how the idea came around to these two guys to start this Chula Vista fast pitch.
S3: Right. You know , the the people involved here seem to have created like several entities for Chula Vista fast pitch. They they called one fast patch , you know , and they did briefly register that as a charity after the original Chula Vista fast pitch closed. And it did have this guy Martin's address on the paperwork. But , you know , the IRS shut it down very quickly. You know , doesn't look like they ever filed taxes.
S3: Charities have to send in a little bit of paperwork every year to pick code , but none of that paperwork necessarily verifies that they're an ongoing charitable proposition. Now , Googling it and finding out if they are is , you know , again , really not very. Hard , but it seems like maybe that wasn't part of the process. I don't have clear answers on that yet.
S3: Yes , exactly. You know , it's a Snapdragon is managed by an entity that's kind of underneath Sdsu , but they acted pretty swiftly the day I sent them questions about it. They sent Chula Vista fast pitch questions , asked them to prove their charity , Chula Vista , Fastpitch couldn't. And , you know , they they sent them packing. So they they're gone from Snapdragon now to.
S7: I had to work and do my job in an atmosphere where women were viewed by Mayor Filner as sexual objects or stupid idiots. S1: And I know in the story that you wrote , you mentioned that there had been rumors about this sort of activity happening. You mentioned Bob Filner was somebody who had a lot of progressive policies , was well liked by a lot of people.
S1: And are you hearing from these advocates that that new law , you know , could uncover more of this in the workplace or. S1: I would say sign me up. Like , how do how do you become like a tester ? I would go to one of those and do it. I've seen like the , you know , like Domino's or whatever those pizza companies like doing the robot pizza deliveries with cars.
S1: And you've got to wonder maybe why people are leaving or why not. New people are coming. And some of the you know , you always hear like California and New York , some of the highest taxes. We know living in San Diego , it is not a very affordable city to live in. There are other parts of California where that does happen.
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