Mayor Pfeiler's Solution wrote on Mar 29, 2007 1:53 AM:Id like to know what the Mayor's solution is. She is the first to say no but never offers a solution. She ran for Mayor to be the leader for the City, But I have yet to hear her solution for the street parking problems, multi families living in a "single familly home", illegal immegration, unlicensed drivers, crime etc..... Mayor Pfeiler you were elected to lead us, so lead, you're job is more than a ribbon cutter when a new thrift store or 99 cent store opens. Mayor PLEASE help us!

pablo wrote on Mar 29, 2007 4:28 AM:Residential overcrowding must be controlled and reversed for Escondido’s quality of life to improve. Fix the parking rules and Escondido will be less crowded, safer, cleaner, and more prosperous overnight. The council does not have to reinvent the wheel. The most efficient way for Escondido to proceed would be to utilize a version of the parking rules and regulations other California cities have implemented to limit on-street parking since these methods have already been successfully defended in court. Parking permits for occasional visitors, for occupants of residential units where off-street parking wasn’t required during construction, children have obtained drivers licenses and their own vehicles and for other legitimate hardships can be allocated. Regulations from other cities satisfactorily address all situations which could be raised as legitimate objections by anyone in Escondido. Menlo Park, Pasadena, Cerritos, Claremont, Los Gatos, Fullerton, San Gabriel, Arcadia, Beverly Hills, Brea, and Walnut are some of these cities. Nice areas, communities similar to what Escondido should strive to emulate. The problem is twofold. Groups of families have been allowed to buy single family homes and convert them into illegal multiple dwellings in R-1 zones. City code must be enforced. The real estate brokers involved in the transactions should be sued for damages by the buyers they duped. Also, rental property owners who are abusing the system must be stopped. Logically, if the slumlords cannot provide legal on-site off-street parking for excess tenants and the city does not enable that slumlord by providing on-street parking for their use, the excess tenants causing the overcrowding will vacate the premises. The solution is simple. No on-street parking permits should ever be allowed for residents of multiple family conversions of single family homes in R-1 zones or for excess tenants of slumlords. Landlords must only rent what they own. If they own a property with off-street parking for one car, two cars, three cars, that is the criteria they must use when acquiring their tenant.

TO THE THREE STOOGES wrote on Mar 29, 2007 6:48 AM:FIRST; YOU DID NOT WANT HABITAD FOR HUMANITY IN ESCONDIDO.SECOND; YOU REFUSED TO HELP HIGH TECH HIGH TO COME TO THIS CITY. THIRD; WANTED TO PUNISH LANDLORDS WITH FINES OR TAKING THEIR HOMES. FOURTH; LOST $240 000.00 ON TAX DOLLARS WHEN YOU REFUSED TO LISTEN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE COMMUNITY. THEN YOU TRY TO KICK HOMELESS OUT ON THE STREETS ON THE COLDEST NIGHTS OF THE WINTER . ALSO YOU ALMOST LOOSE THE HOSPITAL TO OTHER CITY AND NOW YOU WANT TO PUNISH ALL THE HARWORKING COMMUNITY WITH MORE NONSENSE. GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER AND STOP ACTING ON YOUR PERSONAL HATE TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE. YOUR INTOLERANCE IS DESTROYING ESCONDIDO AND DIVIDING OUR COMMUNITY.

Fellow Escondidoan wrote on Mar 29, 2007 7:43 AM:I can't believe what racists Asam Abed, Ed Gallow, and Marie Waldron are or are becoming. And Dick Daniels is close on their heels. This is nuts. Asam says he drives around. Does he drive around between 2 and 5am? Does he and his tag alongs have a clue how many cars a typical (white, born in the USA -- does that make you guys feel better now?) family have these days? If both parents have to work to make ends meet then they need two cars. If they have kids old enough to have cars then there will be one each for each kid -- this is California, land of the car, think about it Asam. So it will not be uncommon for any and every household to have three or more cars. And in most cases one of those will be on the street. Woe to the one who gets home from that second job or that night class and has to park on the street. Asam and his thugs Ed and Marie (and you too Dicky) may have towed it away. It's a good thing this attitude didn't prevail 20 or 30 years ago Asam because you wouldn't be here now yourself. And Marie, it won't be an issue to be able to park near my house because you're going to make it illegal to do so anyway. Your entire logic is flawed.

fellow Escondidoan? wrote on Mar 29, 2007 8:08 AM:We have problems like Overcrowding, congested highways, inflated highway/gas prices, and a failing california economy for one reason: ILLEGALS. It looks like our city council is doing what CITIZENS/VOTERS want. The mayor is in her own world (Hippie 60's) Its about time we had a local goverment that isn't intimidated by non-citizen that rape our system. Our infrastructure was not meant to handle the influx of non-skilled laborers, ... and traffic that illegal immigrants bring with them. Get a clue, and stop using the "race" card as your sole defense. "Racism" is the first arguement for a debate when you've realized your opinion is WRONG.

BATMAN wrote on Mar 29, 2007 8:09 AM:Strikes again!

solution wrote on Mar 29, 2007 9:00 AM:If your opinion is in non support for the parking restrictions then chances are you're the ones having problems making ends meet. Easy solution, stop living above you means. Take your 5 car 2 working parent families to where you won't have to break city ordinances in order to continue living where you can't afford to.

Misguided City Council wrote on Mar 29, 2007 9:26 AM:My mom and dad park on the street. My dad uses the garage as his workshop, so their 2 cars and 1 truck park on the street. Forcing my dad go give up his workshop isn't going to solve any illegal immigrant, uh, I mean, "overcrowding" in Escondido.

More study IS needed wrote on Mar 29, 2007 10:16 AM:"Mr" Abed thinks that no more study is needed because he's driven the streets. The fact is, not every street in this town is impacted by multiple vehicles per household. The city should do a comprehensive study of parking on every street and determine if it is at or near its capacity. I may not like lots of cars parked on my street, but there is actually plenty of space for cars to park and thus my neighborhood should NOT be forced to deal with this ordinance. Vigorous housing code enforcement is the answer, not more laws shot from the hip of a possibly well-meaning but completely ill-informed and fiercely political city council. And frankly, though I like her style, the mayor does need to step up and lead on this issue. She has yet to propose any meaningful alternatives to the proposals of her colleagues.

2 Car Driveway 3 Car Family wrote on Mar 29, 2007 10:31 AM:I support the point they're trying to make and the spirit of what they want to accomplish, but I own a 3 bedroom home that houses me, my husband and our 2 teenagers. My husband & I each have our own car and one of our kids just bought hers (the other one will be ready in a year). I know I don't own the street in front of my house, but something like this could really impact our completely legal & legitimate household.

EthnicStudent wrote on Mar 29, 2007 11:27 AM:Hmmmm... why would you need to park on the street if you have a 2 car garage with a two space driveway? Even most apartment complexes have at least 1 designated spot for the renter and extra spaces for the other car. If you need to have even more spaces for your CARS, then you either have too many people living in your house or you have too many damn cars and need to justify why.

AResident wrote on Mar 29, 2007 12:22 PM:Those of us who don't have parking issues. ie: I have a one car garage which houses my offroad buggy, short driveway. It is against the law to block a sidewalk with a veichel. So I park my truck in front of my house. Since this is a rental, I guess that the city isn't going to mind if I start parking in the front yard. Since the city illegally towed my buggy trailer I guess it's time to get another and also park it it the front yard. WHO CARES WHAT THE HOUSE THEN LOOKS LIKE. Neighbors trying to sell their homes will do just fine with prospective buyers having to look at cars in the front yard. What about the guy across the street. He rents 3 rooms. His drivway already has his two cars. So I guess he should stop planting that new grass cuz he will have his tenants cars in the front yard. The place already looks like WHITE TRASH live there. GO ESCONDIDO COUNCIL ya bunch of idiots..JUST START INFORCING THE LAWS ABOUT MOVING THEM EVERY 72 HOURS. Your officers arent doing their jobs are they. FIRE THE BUNCH OF THEM. GET SOME REAL CODE INFORCEMENT PEOPLE ON THE CITY PAYROLL.

Bedroom City wrote on Mar 29, 2007 12:22 PM:When you focus on pleasing the home developers how can you expect anything else. Good plan, hopefully it will work. If reasonable housing growth AND commercial/light industry would have been encouraged by the current council and councils in the past this would not be an issue. What do you think you will have when all the Condos/houses approved get built. Escondido needs more industry NOT more bedrooms.

ARenter wrote on Mar 29, 2007 12:24 PM:Mr. Garrett, can you file a suit against the city for this? Your rentals are going to have veichels and trailers parked in the front yards even nif you don't like it. I'd go speak up at the meeting if I were you. I'm one of your renters..........

To EthnicStudent wrote on Mar 29, 2007 12:51 PM:2 Car Driveway here ... my question to you is ... what garage?

To EthnicStudent wrote on Mar 29, 2007 12:52 PM:4 people living in a 3 bedroom house is far from too many and when 3 people in the house have jobs to go to the number of cars is also reasonable. Now what?

Frida wrote on Mar 29, 2007 1:03 PM:This is stupid. Where are people supposed to park? Most families have more than one driver in their family and this will affect EVERYONE! Why is our city punishing its residents for having more than one or two cars? This is so ridiculous. Notice they talk about overcrowding, yet moving cars out of a street does nothing for overcrowding. These people are liars.

STOP wrote on Mar 29, 2007 1:08 PM:Letting unlicensed drivers register cars and the problem is solved! No registraion = impounded car. Complain to the DMV for allowing cars to be registered to unlicensed drivers!

AResident wrote on Mar 29, 2007 1:35 PM:If enough of us protest. It won't pass. Let's just park in the middle of the street between 5AM and 2AM. Then move all the cars on to your front yard. Call TURKO and have him do a piece on the blooming idots that call themselves our CITY COUNCIL. Stop buying gas at SAM's. Put his station out of business first. Then he'll change his tune.

To Frida wrote on Mar 29, 2007 1:54 PM:Frida, tell your family as well as all your neighbors to start using their front yards. Have your neighbors tell all of their friends and so on and so on and so on. Maybe if enough people in and out of this blog start doing it. When the CIY COUNCIL members drive the streets they will see just how much of an eye sore it will look like. They will also notice an immediate LARGE price reduction in the housing market. After all, ESCONDIDO will now start looking like south east San Deigo or Mexico. THAT SHOULD DRAW A BUNCH OF POTENTIAL BUYERS FOR ALL THE CONDOS AND HOUSING NOW WON'T IT??????????? The town council is no more than the town CLOWNS...

Bella wrote on Mar 29, 2007 2:00 PM:This is a step in the right direction, this city is going downhill fast. There are too many slumlords and illegals in this city and they are both a major reason for all the problems. It's not so much the tenants fault as it is the slumlord. Maybe this will force these people to only rent to as many people as he has parking spaces for. We pay taxes, those of us that are legal, for a street sweeper and I'd like to see the street in front of my home get swept once in awhile. It's the Slumlords, illegals and the crime that is dividing and destroying this community. I will continue to report any and every vehicle left for over 3 days around my house, and if this gets going soon, it will save me alot of phone calls.

To AsamAbed/Waldron/Gallo wrote on Mar 29, 2007 2:04 PM: and any other like minded constituent. I strongly suggest that you 2 PUNITIVE POWER hungry pseudo intellectuals and your prior to entry demonized Hezbollah-Ayatollah tag-along spokesman visit The South Philadelphia Row-upon-Row House Communities, take an extended vacation there, live drive and PARK in their midst. When you return to CA I suggest that you move to any one of the KLAN HAVENS that eagerly await you. Just follow the burning crosses!

One More Thing wrote on Mar 29, 2007 2:18 PM:What about visitors? Being that we live in a nice climate we likely all have friends and family visiting us. Where will they park at night? We are still allowed to have family and friends right? Being from the east coast I am used to city permits and parking restrictions. But an all out ban is insane.

AResident wrote on Mar 29, 2007 2:35 PM:Parking solution: PARK AT SAMS GAS STATION.

aw wrote on Mar 29, 2007 3:11 PM:I live in South Escondido.Two houses in our neighborhood were on the market last summer. Not sure if they sold but in the last few months there have been at each house, no less than 15 cars parked, some on the lawn, 3 deep and side by side in the driveways in the driveways. They used to be nice houses.The curtains are all drawn, never see anybody. The lawn is overgrown. Its a 700-900k neighborhood. Word is some woman is buying up homes, charging 500 a month to 15-20 people. Thats 7500 a mnoth in rent income. No wonder she can afford to buy up these houses. I'm sure she doesn't live anywhere near here too. They are trashing up our once nice city. It has to stop and has to start somewhere. Start fining the hell out of them.

AResident wrote on Mar 29, 2007 3:52 PM:To One more thing. If this passes we should organize a boycott of the City of Escondido until they repeal it. Guess who will be providing the income to the city. This means, limit Utilities of all kinds. No more watering, No more purchasing of gas, groceries of any kind, sending mail etc. in the CITY OF ESCONDIDO. We will have to hit them where it hurts...IN THE POCKET BOOK. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG. TALK IS CHEAP, I'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE THE LAST WALK OUT... Can't seem to find anyone else willing to do much but talk.

Haha wrote on Mar 29, 2007 4:05 PM:Great... It's going to look so much better when people start parking in their lawns.

You blundering blogging Idiots wrote on Mar 29, 2007 4:09 PM:are you expecting: reason, constitutional rights, fair mindedness, legality, humanity, Judeau-Christian principles (from at least 2 of the 3!), responsive responsibility toward undesirable occupants who for the time being happen to find themselves at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder and occupying land that is worth millions to DEVELOPERS and others with similar agenda/interests? The issue here is neither ILLEGAL occupant nor CRIMINAL occupant. It is an all out attempt to RECOVER that PRECIOUS commodity called LAND on which those OLD garage less cottages and vehicles rest. As in most cities throughout our Nation the Core of any city is it's Center. As the growth of the city progresses residents distance themselves from the population density core and any problems therein. This upward/outward mobility permits an influx of new residents to occupy newly vacated spaces. Somewhere down the time line re gentrification to the city core becomes desirable. When all the unconstitutional schemes to CLEANSE INNER City Escondido of it's current occupants (LAND RECOVERY) fail, THE TRIAD will resort to EMINENT DOMAIN. AsamAbed and his constituents give me gas too.... it's called flatulence

Going after the middle class. wrote on Mar 29, 2007 4:43 PM:Escondido is NOT Hazelton, PA and it's NOT Menlo Park in the bay area. Escondido is a middle class working town. Just because the Escondido City Council wants to get at the immigrant population it will use an unfair law that will affect everyone. The City Council needs to have a short leash placed around the three stooges neck. They need to worry about the potholes and sidewalks for our schools first.

To FELLOW Escondidians wrote on Mar 29, 2007 4:58 PM:Because the article was so POORLY written, you were not told that the council direction was to create a program where large families (ie. two parents and multiple related kids) would be allowed free permits to park on the street..... Also, the NCT agenda reeks in the POORLY written article: The council clearly stated that this is dealing with a health and safety issue - not illegal immigration. The impacts to neighborhood quality of life and the public infrastructure were discussed at length at the meeting. The WHOLE council supported hearing from the public and there are more public hearings to follow. Clearly the newspaper wants to incite folks against the council trying to clean up the city. Legitimate large families will NOT be targeted at all. That was made as clear as day at the meeting - but of course the NCT did not print that.

WOW wrote on Mar 29, 2007 5:03 PM:The average house can hold 4 cars - 2 in the garage and 2 on the driveway. 2 + 2 = 4 The way some people are ranting it leads me to believe that they have a converted garage - which is already against the law! Too bad so many people didn't see the meeting on t.v. - guests are allowed to park with permits and BIG families are ok too.

Undecided wrote on Mar 29, 2007 8:28 PM:While Escondido does have significant problems, they do not plague the entire city. I think the city should enforce current statutes such as unregistered vehicles on public roadways, illegally converted residences, boats, trailers and other larger vehicles on the roadway. As a resident, I believe if you feel as strong about this issue then the community needs to send a message. Don’t shop in Escondido. Take your tax dollars elsewhere. Economic impact can change the direction the city council members are choosing to go. If you have a specific issue to address (i.e., illegal immigration) then address that issue. Thinking outside the box shouldn’t punish everyone.

TO FELLOW Escondidians wrote on Mar 29, 2007 10:53 PM:Thanks for this info, Sam, but what about people with small families but many cars (2 cars and a truck, camper, or...)? It is still a problem. And your calling this a "health and safety issue" is a stupid smokescreen. I don't hear the Police or Firefighters or Palomar Hospital complaining about too many cars on the streets. Try calling it what it is: another attempt to harass poor people.

Viva La Raza wrote on Mar 30, 2007 12:05 AM:Hola Escondido, Many of the citizenship-challenged residents of Excondido sleep in their cars, so you are taking away their homes! Go down to Mexico and see how we do things. We never hassle over where you park and where you sleep, and everythign works out just great.

WOW!!!!!!!!!! wrote on Mar 30, 2007 5:26 AM:Why do we even worry about housing issues when we have so many opportunities to live in vehicles? This could be the equivilent of the poverty belt of the southern-tier of upstate NY. White trash or Ghetto - take your pick. Squalor is squalor no matter how you cut it. Under the current 'leadership' Escondido wants to be defined as trash. I made a mistake when I invested hard-earned money here. I will take full advantage of the current non-functional situation and play the system. Escondido under is current political rule, doesn't deserve any better. What an effin mess. When I hear the word recall, I say yes. My vote may be different from yours. Lori, I hope you sleep well seeing what you have created. Many of us don't feel the same way. KARMA

JUNK CARS wrote on Mar 30, 2007 5:58 AM:I have never seen so many cars in my life. These families, even if only 4 people in the family, have unneeded cars. Another thing that really bothers me is the number of motorhomes and trailers parked in front of the house. Spend the money and store it. The police could at least start ticketing those people, which they have not been doing at all, and tow the huge eyesores

Proportion wrote on Mar 30, 2007 11:26 AM:So many cars and so few liscence drivers!

Solution to Escondido Stipulated parking problema wrote on Mar 30, 2007 4:13 PM:Make available all those tax payer funded/subsidized empty (during the night) parking spaces including those belonging to The Escondido FArt Center. Install do-it yourself rental box units similar to those found on parking lots in down town SD.

Close the CAR DEALERS! wrote on Mar 30, 2007 4:36 PM:Why don't they just close down the car dealerships in Escondido if they don't want citizens to own cars? Maybe that equally rediculous solution would solve everything! Oh, but the tax money from the dealers could be a problem to them. Oh, but what about the tax dollars WE PAY to provide for roads? Our streets were designed for parking! Our council is CRAZY! RECALL THEM ALL!!

Backyard parking wrote on Mar 30, 2007 8:34 PM:My neighbors have all been harrassed by code enforcement for parking in their BACKYARDS! Large lots too! What's with that Escondido? They aren't on front yard lawns, or in the street and they STILL get harrassed! This council is just arrogant power-trippers!

Resident 2 b wrote on Apr 2, 2007 10:03 AM:My family will be moving to Escondido this summer. I started reading these blogs to see what kind of people live here; I'm astonished at the name calling and hypocritical rhetoric spewing out. I want to live in a safe, beautiful, and inviting community. I think the City Council is trying to do that for all of us. Some people on here talk of racism. It is just sad that the bahavior on this site is such that you might hear this same kind of talk on the playground of an elementary school where kids there have been listening to their parents spewing hate messages and are repeating what they hear at home. People there are problems here that need to get addressed. Stop acting like bad kids and grow up. HELP solve the isuues facing this community instead of creating new problems.

To Resident 2 b wrote on Apr 2, 2007 3:22 PM:You'd be crazy to move here! This city council is completely off their rocker. This is NOT an inviting community. I've lived here for over 30 years and have never seen such harrassment by a city council until now. It's rediculous! They made a lot of mistakes in building this city and now they are taking it out on the residents. If you move here you will find out. This would be your worse possible choice. Anywhere but Escondido!! Your family deserves a better place than this. My family is moving outa here and so are many people I know that have lived here for a long time. It's seriously damaged, schools are really bad too. Be smart, choose somewhere else!!!!

Living It Daily wrote on Apr 3, 2007 10:16 AM:I would like to know if any Counsel member parks on the street or they all have driveways and garages. Me, I have to park on the street as there is no driveway where I live. Are these people crazy? What the heck do they going to do with empty streets and cars parked in their yards? Yeah, that solves the problem. The real problem is SINGLE family homes having thre and more familes living there. Why not take care of that issue and the cars will be dispersed more evenly. And as far as this city council goes..if you really want to keep your jobs...get more information before you come up with some hair brained idea like this. And for those of you that agree with this council, obviously you have driveways and enough parking to park your two cars, SUV and boat on your own property. For those of us that DON'T have driveways and garages becaue we live in the old part of Escondido...WE HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET!!