Escondido’s city manager on Sunday declared a local emergency and announced plans to clear homeless encampments from a section of Escondido Creek after recent water quality tests showed elevated bacteria levels. After receiving months of complaints from neighbors, the city of Escondido plans to clear and fence a section of Escondido Creek that is the site of a growing homeless encampment that some call “the jungle.” 

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