HARMONY GROVE, Calif. — As Los Angeles wildfires dominate headlines, residents of Harmony Grove are raising urgent concerns about a proposed housing development they say could put lives at risk.
The controversial Harmony Grove Village South project, which would add 453 homes to an unincorporated area near Escondido, is facing renewed opposition over its single-exit design that would require a waiver of county fire safety codes.
“We’ll die, and I don’t want to die,” says Debbie O’Neill, who fled the 2014 Cocos Fire that threatened the area. For O’Neill and her neighbors, the LA fires have intensified longstanding fears about evacuation routes…