‘We can’t have our cities going to hell’: Donald Trump threatens environmental action against San Francisco
'We can't have our cities going to hell': Donald Trump threatens environmental action against San Francisco
The Trump administration did not offer
specific solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles as the secretary of Housing
and Urban Development toured a Skid Row shelter and called for cooperation
among federal, state and local governments. (Sept. 18) AP,
AP
WASHINGTON – President Donald
Trump on Wednesday threatened to use his Environmental Protection Agency to
warn San Francisco that the city's ongoing struggle with homelessness is violating environmental rules.
“It’s a terrible
situation that’s in Los Angeles and in San Francisco,” Trump
told reporters flying back to Washington with him on Air Force One. “And
we’re going to be giving San Francisco – they’re in total violation –
we’re going to be giving them a notice very soon.”
It was not immediately clear
which environmental laws Trump was referring to, or on what authority the
Environmental Protection Agency would act. Trump, who was traveling in
California on Tuesday and Wednesday for campaign fundraisers, said pollution
was flowing into the ocean because of waste in storm sewers and he cited used
needles.
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Trump has significantly
ramped up his rhetoric criticizing homelessness in the
state.
“EPA is going to be putting out
a notice,” he said. "They’re in serious violation."
He added, “They have to clean
it up. We can’t have our cities going to hell.”
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Trump took aim at Los Angeles
and San Francisco over their problems with homelessness earlier in
the trip and said he might create a task force to deal with the crisis.
“We can’t let Los Angeles, San
Francisco and numerous other cities destroy themselves by allowing what’s
happening," he told reporters on Tuesday.
He has criticized other major
cities in recent months as well. Over the summer, Trump came under scrutiny
for calling Baltimore a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”
Contributing: Michael Collins,
USA TODAY
President Donald Trump talks
with reporters as he tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday,
Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ORG XMIT:
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