If you live in Chula Vista, whether you can walk to a public park nearby depends largely on which side of the freeway you live.
In 2020, Chula Vista residents who live east of Interstate 805 had access to almost three and a half times the amount of park space per person than residents on the city’s older, more industrialized west side.
This year though, Chula Vista officials are taking a step towards mending those inequities. The city parks department is drawing up a proposal for a new half-acre park in the city’s southwest corner, on an empty lot at the corner of Oxford Street and Fourth Avenue…