{"id":166393,"date":"2026-02-06T07:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166393\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:26:23","slug":"san-diego-residents-report-ongoing-problems-at-city-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166393\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego residents report ongoing problems at city park"},"content":{"rendered":"

(FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014 Frustration is growing among some residents who live near Colina del Sol Park<\/a>, where neighbors say crime, drug use and public drinking have become common problems, particularly at night.<\/p>\n

Residents have launched a petition urging the San Diego City Council to take action, including considering a nighttime curfew for the popular park.<\/p>\n

Colina del Sol Park is heavily used during the day by families, athletes and golfers, but nearby residents say conditions change after sunset.<\/p>\n

Christine Young, who lives across the street from the park, said groups of adults often remain in the area overnight, engaging in disruptive and illegal behavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were using our hot tub as a bathtub or using our pool shower as a shower,\u201d Young said, adding that people frequently entered her apartment complex to relieve themselves. \u201cThis was a stairwell they were using for a bathroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young founded a neighborhood group called Colina Neighbors several years ago and reported the issues to the city. She said a District 9 representative investigated conditions at the park in 2023 and prepared a report for the City Council that included a proposed\u00a010 p.m. curfew.<\/p>\n

The report documented vandalism to city property, discarded furniture on park grounds, fires set inside trash bins and people urinating on nearby private property, according to Young.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping that a curfew will discourage a lot of this behavior, which we believe is happening at night,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nearly three years after the investigation, Young said no action has been taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing has happened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Residents say their concerns intensified after a stabbing at the park in 2023 and a fatal officer-involved shooting about 100 yards outside the park last fall.<\/p>\n

Not all community members support the idea of a curfew. Nicole, a Colina del Sol resident who declined to give her last name, said restricting park hours could unfairly limit public access.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing to the park is a free activity, and to say you have to be here at this time \u2014 that doesn\u2019t sound right,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Young acknowledged that finding a long-term solution is difficult but said residents want immediate action. She recently started a petition on\u00a0Change.org to\u00a0show community support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m hoping is that we can take this petition forward to the City Council or the appropriate place,\u201d Young said. \u201cSo they know the residents are also in support of this initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for City Council-member Sean Elo-Rivera, who represents District 9, said the council member was in meetings all day and would try to respond to the issue.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014 Frustration is growing among some residents who live near Colina del Sol Park, where neighbors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[80235,1610,48788,1252,80236,74,13134,76,75],"class_list":["post-166393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-christine-young","tag-city-council","tag-city-property","tag-colina-del-sol-park","tag-nighttime-curfew","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-city-council","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}