Download or read book I Environmental Issues of the California-Baja California - Border Region - Paul Ganster ABSTRACT The California-Baja California Border Region Comprises the California Counties of San Diego and Imperial and the Baja California Municipalities of Tijuana, Playas de Rosarito, Tecate, and written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1983 La Paz Agreement In 1983, the "Agreement between the United States of America and the Mexican United States on Cooperation for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment in the Border Area" (referred to as the La Paz Agreement) was signed by the U. [...] federal agencies have duties that involve border environmental issues, including the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Agriculture. [...] On the Mexican side, entities such as the National Water Commission, the Secretariat of Health, the Secretariat of Agriculture, the Secretariat of Energy, and the Secretariat of the Treasury all are involved in some way in border environmental issues. [...] The commission is also tasked to help with improvements along the border in public services, the environment, social inequalities, social development, the rights and interests of Mexican border crossers, and the social and economic needs of those migrating to the northern border region from elsewhere in the country (Shirk 2001). [...] Other California state agencies engaged in activities relating to the environment of the border include the California Coastal Commission, the Department of Health Services, the Department of Energy, the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Transportation, the Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency, and the Office of Emergency Services.