OCEANSIDE
Residents spoke out strongly this week against a suggestion that Oceanside close its aging Brooks Street pool and use the savings to operate its soon-to-open El Corazon Aquatics Center.
“It really was hurtful and . disrespectful . to suggest closing the pool,” said Wayne Godinet of the Oceanside Samoan Cultural Committee at Wednesday’s Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. A lifelong Oceanside resident, he swam at Brooks Street as a child.
For the record:
9:26 AM, Feb. 22, 2021An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the location of the El Corazon Aquatics Center. It is in City Council District 4.
City Councilman Christopher Rodriguez proposed earlier this month shutting down the Brooks Street Swim Center, which serves a low-income, ethnically diverse neighborhood, and using the money to operate the new El Corazon Aquatics Center, which is over three miles away in a more affluent area.