SBA Listens to Small Businesses on Tijuana River Pollution

0:00SBA official, Jason Briggs just wrapped up a roundtable in Imperial Beach, California, talking sewage pollution from the Tijuana River with the mayor. Local business owners, city staff, bankers, and small business advisors. This meeting happened about two months after top EPA and SBA leaders visited the same spot to check out the mess. Briggs made it clear he's there to listen straight from small businesses hurting from this ongoing crisis, keeping the administration in the loop on their struggles. After the talk, the group hit up key pollution zones along the River corridor, like the Saturn Boulevard area where raw sewage and waste turn into. Nasty airborne gases that blow right into neighborhoods. Brewery owner, Mike Hess, shared how his Imperial Beach spot sales have dropped 28 percent since their 2022 high, and it tanked. A big expansion plan in Los Angeles, 25 banks said no after spotting the dip. Their reputational hits stretch as nationwide,

1:00scaring our visitors from places like Arizona, Chicago, and New York, who skipped the area over sewage fears. Turning a local headache into a coast-to-coast business drag. Vancouver news today, powered by AI bringing you what matters. I'm Corey, with the story.