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Residents tell Escondido council public spaces are being overtaken and cite ADA access failures at local mall
Summary
Multiple residents used the council's public-comment period to report that the library fitness court and other public spaces are being occupied in ways that make them uncomfortable or unusable and to urge stronger enforcement and ADA compliance.
Multiple residents used the council's non-agenda public-comment period to raise concerns about use of public spaces, safety, and access.
Adrian Voor, who identified himself as a longtime Escondido resident and a fitness court ambassador, told the council that the fitness court at the downtown library had been "taken over by the homeless" and described people sleeping, eating, urinating and using drugs on or adjacent to the court. He said the courts were installed roughly five…
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