A state bill that could have paid for environmental restoration projects in the polluted Tijuana River Valley no longer has that goal, after the bill’s sponsor revised it to focus on what he says is a more pressing need. Last year State Sen. Steve Padilla introduced SB10 to allow the San Diego Association of Governments, a regional transportation agency, to use a portion of toll revenue from the future Otay Mesa East Port of Entry to clean up polluted lands in the valley, which lies along the U.S.-Mexico border. Revisions made last month to the bill took the mitigation fund off the table, instead authorizing local officials to use the funds to “assist in the maintenance” of the federally owned South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant. . . CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE