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Potrero, California
Potrero, California
	— Unincorporated community —
	; Location of Potrero in California
	Coordinates: 32°36′17″N 116°36′47″W / 32.60472°N 116.61306°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Diego
Elevation	2,336 ft (712 m)
	Population (2007)
- Total	850
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	91963, 91990
Area code(s)	619
FIPS code	06-06073
GNIS feature ID	247733

Potrero is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States.

[edit] Location

State Route 94 connects Potrero by road west to San Diego and east to Campo. Potrero is Spanish for 'pasture land', it closest neighbor is Tecate in Mexico.

[edit] Demographics

2000 Census Bureau data for zip code was 70.1% white (including Latino), 0.2% black, 0.8% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.9% Native Hawaiian, 18% other and 9.5% two or more races. 42.6% are Latino.

[edit] Blackwater Controversy

In 2007 Blackwater USA submitted plans to build a weapons training facility in Potrero. The plans generated substantial controversy in the community. Local activists organized a recall campaign against the members of the local planning group.^[2] On 11 December 2007 all five members of the Potrero Community Planning Group who approved the Blackwater project lost their seats in a recall election.^[4] Subsequently, on March 7th 2008, Blackwater USA pulled their application for this facility.^[5]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b USGS GNIS: Potrero, California. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
^ ^a ^b Moore, Solomon (11 December 2007). "Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/us/11blackwater.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
^ "ZIP Code Lookup". http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&ac=ac&zip=Potrero+CA&Go=Go. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
^ Sizemore, Bill (12 December 2007). "Voters in California town recall planners who approved Blackwater facility". The Virginian-Pilot. http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/voters-california-town-recall-planners-who-approved-blackwater-facility. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
^ Krueger, Anne (8 March 2008). "Security-training camp won't be built in Potrero". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080308-9999-1n8black.html. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

Moore, Solomon (December 11, 2007). "Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/us/11blackwater.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=3ff25e1eQ2FSQ3DAQ20SQ5EQ243PnQ24Q24Q7BFSFrrkSeFSeeS-PSeeQ20Q3AR3)Q3DRQ7BAnQ257Q7BiQ3A. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
Krueger, Anne (March 7, 2008). "Blackwater pulls application for Potrero training center". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080307-1433-bn07black.html. Retrieved 2008-03-19.

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[GNIS-0] USGS GNIS: Potrero, California. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.

[NYtimes-1] Moore, Solomon (11 December 2007). "Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/us/11blackwater.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

[2] "ZIP Code Lookup". http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&ac=ac&zip=Potrero+CA&Go=Go. Retrieved 2008-06-09.

[3] Sizemore, Bill (12 December 2007). "Voters in California town recall planners who approved Blackwater facility". The Virginian-Pilot. http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/voters-california-town-recall-planners-who-approved-blackwater-facility. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

[4] Krueger, Anne (8 March 2008). "Security-training camp won't be built in Potrero". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080308-9999-1n8black.html. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

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Contents

[edit] Location

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Blackwater Controversy

[edit] References