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Resident asks Escondido City Council to address illegal fireworks, cites public-safety risks and enforcement gaps
Summary
A tribal preservation officer urged the City Council to put illegal fireworks enforcement on an agenda, citing the Escondido Municipal Code prohibition, recurring neighborhood disturbances, and fire risk; Deputy Mayor Consuelo Martinez said conversations with city management have begun.
Dr. Shastagon, environmental director and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Pala Band of Mission Indians, told the Escondido City Council during public comment that illegal fireworks are a persistent neighborhood problem and a fire hazard and asked the council to make enforcement a formal agenda item.
“These devices are already prohibited under the Escondido Municipal Code article 4 division 2 section 17 dash 77,” Dr. Shastagon said, and described recurring nighttime detonations in her District 3 neighborhood. “I hear fireworks and explosions in my neighborhood year round,…
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