ESCONDIDO — The Escondido City Council has unanimously agreed to send a letter to San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria expressing support for transferring San Pasqual Battlefield State Park to the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians.
Located about eight miles from Escondido along state Route 78 in the San Pasqual Valley, the historic park encompasses roughly 50 acres and includes a visitor center, trails and educational facilities commemorating the 1846 Battle of San Pasqual, which occurred during the Mexican-American War.
The land is the ancestral home of the Kumeyaay people, specifically the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, which maintains cultural, spiritual and historical connections to the valley. The tribe was removed from its ancestral lands in the 1870s through governmental actions…