A new direction
A fiscal crisis and a new face on the Escondido City Council could lead officials to drop focus on illegal immigration
By Angela Lau

STAFF WRITER 2:00 a.m. January 18, 2009
ESCONDIDO: BY THE NUMBERS
1888 Year incorporated
818 Full-time city employees
142,000 Population
$82 million Annual budget
$62,396 Median household income, compared with $68,388 regional median
36 Square miles

Population

45 percent Non-Latino white
45 percent Latino
SOURCE: SANDAG
When Olga Diaz took her seat on the Escondido City Council last month, she vowed to work on attracting “positive regional attentionâ€