You’d think that a town dependent on tourist dollars would never stop advertising itself. But in Sedona, Arizona, with wealthy residents weary of visitors jamming up their roads and a
Boulders placed at Paularino Park in 2007 to prevent unpermitted team sports were seen by many as a means of restricting Latinos' access to open space. Today the rocks are gone, thanks to a Latino city councilman.
Public use of NMUSD school fields is allowable only by reservation. But city and NMUSD leaders have been working to improve access to open space, particularly on Costa Mesa's west side.