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Residents press council on public-art process, homelessness and climate commission during oral communications
Summary
At oral communications, local artists and residents told the council they want transparency in a public-art RFQ process, a clearer homelessness plan and a promised climate commission; speakers included an RFQ applicant who said local artists were excluded from finalist presentations.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Dec. 10 Escondido City Council meeting to raise concerns about transparency, homelessness and climate policy.
James Stone, one of three local applicants for the Grand Avenue Roundabout public-art RFQ, told the council he had found "a lack of transparency, inconsistency with RFQ requirements, and procedural irregularities" during the finalist-selection process and asked the city…
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