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Residents press Salinas oversight panel on proactive code enforcement, policing and rec center spending
Summary
Public commenters urged Measure G‑funded proactive code enforcement in neighborhoods, questioned police and fire staffing paid by Measure funding, and asked for clarity about a $8.1M District 5 recreation center split (reported as $6.9M Measure E, $1.2M Measure G).
During public comment at the Measure G Oversight Committee meeting on Jan. 15, a resident pressed city staff for more proactive code enforcement, arguing that reactive enforcement creates inequitable service distribution and neighborhood blight.
The resident told the committee that lack of proactive enforcement had allowed repeated violations to accumulate and urged Measure G funds be used to create a proactive code enforcement model across districts. Staff acknowledged the complaints and said staffing turnover has slowed the transition; they described a plan to organize two code‑enforcement teams—one proactive and one complaint‑driven—and to develop…
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