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Increase would add nearly $10,000 to each home

Council warned citizens initiative could end up setting parameters

New Democratic majority sets new tone, new direction

Escondido gets a new police chief from within its ranks

Escondido Police Chief Craig Carter, who is retiring at the end of December after a 29-year career and six years at the helm of the department, is leaving the city's police force in better shape, and with a stronger reputation, than it had only a decade earlier.

Escondido officials are hopeful the long-delayed Lake Wohlford Dam replacement project will begin next year, though it is woefully shy of being fully funded.