EPA cites San Francisco for 'water pollution', fulfilling Trump's threat

President had said agency would issue a notice because city allowed waste from homeless population to flow into the ocean

The Trump administration issued an environmental notice of violation to San Francisco on Wednesday, fulfilling Donald Trump's threat to cite the city over an inaccurate claim that linked water pollution with the city's homeless crisis.

Trump said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would issue a notice because the city allowed needles and waste from its homeless population to flow from the sewer system into the ocean - an allegation city officials disputed. In a letter Wednesday, the EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, accused the city of improperly discharging waste into the bay, but avoided mentioning Trump's comments directly.