Escondido exploring new restrictions on day laborers

CAGW* | December 9, 2007

By: DAVID GARRICK — Staff Writer

ESCONDIDO —- New ordinances proposed by City Councilman Ed Gallo would make it illegal for day laborers to solicit motorists from the sidewalks and street corners where they gather each morning to look for work. Gallo said the proposed laws would help many businesses on Quince Street that he says suffer because the presence of the laborers drives customers away. He said the proposed laws would also improve safety by prohibiting laborers from entering roadways to solicit work, and by making it illegal for motorists to pull over and pick up laborers on arterial streets that have no parking spaces.

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