Escondido News

Interfaith CEO says city wants them gone


  Sometimes it’s not paranoid to think someone is out to get you. Interfaith CEO Greg Anglea says the city is taking steps that suggest it wants Interfaith’s homeless facilities at 550 West Washington Ave. gone from Escondido’s business core. He made public a letter exchange between himself and Police Chief Ed Varso, “to raise the alarm” about what the […]

Interfaith Community Services hosts Homelessness Forum; attends council meeting


Tuesday, February 27, Interfaith Community Services in conjunction with several other organizations that work with the homeless population hosted a community forum to discuss ongoing challenges and various related to the homelessness crisis in our area at Emmanuel Faith Church in Escondido.  The most recent count for homelessness in Escondido places the number at just over 300. This makes it […]

Hospital District board votes to create management entity


  At a special meeting on Thursday, February 29, the Palomar Health board voted to take a bold step, to create a private hospital management entity, Mesa Rock Healthcare Management Inc., a nonprofit, and give over the management of the district to this entity. The board agreed 5-2 to a 15-year management agreement. Palomar Health is the largest hospital district […]

Martinez says change in agenda rule aimed at her


The Escondido City Council February 7 voted 4-1 to approve an item, “Review of City Council Policy for Placing Items on the Agenda.” It changed the rules to require two members to put an item on the agenda. Consuelo Martinez of the First District says it was aimed at marginalizing her as the council’s sole Democratic member. “I have little […]

Council considers homeless policy statement this week


The City Council at the February 28 meeting [after this edition goes to print] is scheduled to consider adopting a “Policy Statement on Homelessness.” The city has operated for many years without such a policy, although it took a half-hearted stab at it in the city’s website. The two-page statement leads off with: “The City of Escondido recognizes homelessness is […]

Brothers of 6 are Newsmakers of the Year


The Escondido Times-Advocate has named the Brothers of 6 Charity as the 2023 Newsmakers of the Year. Since being in the newspaper frequently—almost ubiquitously—is one of the criteria we look at in making this selection, the Brothers of 6 meet that bill. Randomly pick up a copy of The Times-Advocate over the last year, and chances are pretty good you […]

February declared “Love Esco month” by Board of Supervisors

Last week, the Board of Supervisors recognized Love Esco, and declared it “Love Esco Month” throughout San Diego County. Fifth District Supervisor read the proclamation: “Today, we had the privilege of honoring Love Esco at the County Board of Supervisors, recognizing their outstanding contributions to our community. We expressed our deepest gratitude for their tireless efforts and presented them with […]

Virtual Town hall: Mayor outlines homeless strategy


Friday afternoon at a virtual “town hall” on Facebook and Instagram Escondido Mayor Dane White outlined his strategy for dealing with homelessness. The mayor said the previous week city officials had become aware the County Board of Supervisors would be discussing a program to put a temporary homeless shelter on county-owned 2.5 acres near the rising Palomar Heights development. The […]

Council dissolves Historic Preservation Commission


At its February 7 meeting the Escondido City Council voted unanimously to dissolve the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and fold its responsibilities into the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator and staff with criteria for Certificates of Appropriateness on Major Projects. This will be followed up at the February 21 council meeting by a request to repeal Escondido Municipal Code Chapter 33, […]

Supers remove homeless shelter site from Escondido


The Board of Supervisors Tuesday, February 6 listened to the Mayor of Escondido and other residents from that city and removed a site at 620 East Valley Pkwy from consideration as a temporary homeless shelter. Mayor Dane White and Planning Commissioner Judy Fitzgerald’s main complaint was that the city had not been consulted ahead of time before 3rd District Supervisor […]


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