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Potrero is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States.
[edit] Location
State Route 94 connects Potrero by road west to San Diego and east to Campo. Potrero is Spanish for 'pasture land', it closest neighbor is Tecate in Mexico.
[edit] Demographics
2000 Census Bureau data for zip code was 70.1% white (including Latino), 0.2% black, 0.8% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.9% Native Hawaiian, 18% other and 9.5% two or more races. 42.6% are Latino.
[edit] Blackwater Controversy
In 2007 Blackwater USA submitted plans to build a weapons training facility in Potrero. The plans generated substantial controversy in the community. Local activists organized a recall campaign against the members of the local planning group.[2] On 11 December 2007 all five members of the Potrero Community Planning Group who approved the Blackwater project lost their seats in a recall election.[4] Subsequently, on March 7th 2008, Blackwater USA pulled their application for this facility.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b USGS GNIS: Potrero, California. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ a b Moore, Solomon. "Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town", New York Times, 11 December 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
- ^ Sizemore, Bill. "Voters in California town recall planners who approved Blackwater facility", The Virginian-Pilot, 12 December 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ Krueger, Anne. "Security-training camp won't be built in Potrero", The San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
