- Potrero, California
Infobox Settlement
name = Potrero, California
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Potrero in California
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =California
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = San Diegogovernment_footnotes =
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population_footnotes =
population_total = 850
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population_density_sq_mi =timezone = PST
utc_offset = -8
timezone_DST = PDT
utc_offset_DST = -7
elevation_footnotes = Gnis|247733|Potrero, California. Retrieved on2008-03-16 .]
elevation_m =
elevation_ft = 2336
latd = 32 |latm = 36 |lats = 17 |latNS = N
longd = 116 |longm = 36 |longs = 47 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
ZIP code
postal_code = 91963, 91990
area_code = 619
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 06-06073
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 247733
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footnotes = [cite web |url=http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&ac=ac&zip=Potrero+CA&Go=Go |title=ZIP Code Lookup |accessdate=2008-06-09]Potrero is an unincorporated community in San Diego County,
California ,United States .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.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.
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.cite news |first=Solomon |last=Moore |title=Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/us/11blackwater.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |work=New York Times |date=11 December 2007 |accessdate=2008-03-16 ] On 11 December 2007 all five members of the "Potrero Community Planning Group" who approved the Blackwater project lost their seats in arecall election . [cite news |first=Bill |last=Sizemore |title=Voters in California town recall planners who approved Blackwater facility |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/voters-california-town-recall-planners-who-approved-blackwater-facility |work=The Virginian-Pilot |date=12 December 2007 |accessdate=2008-03-16 ] Subsequently, on March 7th 2008, Blackwater USA pulled their application for this facility. [cite news |first=Anne |last=Krueger |title=Security-training camp won't be built in Potrero |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080308-9999-1n8black.html |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=8 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-16 ]References
*cite news |last=Moore |first=Solomon |title=Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town |url=http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/us/11blackwater.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=3ff25e1eQ2FSQ3DAQ20SQ5EQ243PnQ24Q24Q7BFSFrrkSeFSeeS-PSeeQ20Q3AR3)Q3DRQ7BAnQ257Q7BiQ3A |work=The New York Times |date=
December 11 2007 |accessdate=2008-03-19
*cite news |last=Krueger |first=Anne |title=Blackwater pulls application for Potrero training center |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080307-1433-bn07black.html |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=March 7 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-19
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