SAN DIEGO — South Bay residents gathered at the Coral Gate community park to share their frustrations and come up with solutions to the smell of sewage from the Tijuana River Valley in their neighborhoods.
Baron Partlow is one of the affected residents, he started an organization called "Stop the Poop," which has been outspoken about the struggles these residents face.
"You can smell it all night long, you can't open your windows, you can't close them cause it still gets in, you can eat cause it makes you nauseous you can't sleep it's horrible," said Partlow.
Partlow alongside Leon Behnam with Citizens for Coastal Conservancy have began monthly meetings to talk about solutions for the issue.
"This is our second one, we're going to continue this on every month until we reach the right people," said Partlow.
Behnam says he wants to see the river levee restored, a way to keep watershed from the Tijuana River Valley contained so residents can have clean air and access to a clean beach.
"It's as if we're paralyzed and we can't solve this problem when the solution is already proven technology, we don't need to reinvent the wheel," said Behnam
As the group continues to meet and share solutions, they are not going back down from the fight.
"We're not gong to settle for anything less than total solution, and we are not going to show the world why we can't we are going to show them why we can," said Partlow.
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