Leaders of San Diego County’s second-largest city unanimously voted Tuesday to declare a local state of emergency due to the impacts of the Tijuana River sewage crisis reaching Chula Vista. The resolution is largely symbolic, calling on the White House, especially with a forthcoming change in administration, and other top government officials to fast-track more spending for solutions. Chula Vista officials are directed to “explore any and all options to improve conditions in the Tijuana River,” the proclamation reads. The council’s vote marked the first, official acknowledgment that the rampant pollution was no longer just affecting the communities closest to the river. Its effects, such as noxious sewer gas odors, are impacting people several miles away in Chula Vista.