Talk:National City, California

Immigration Sanctuary
I think the information regarding Mayor Nick Inzunza's sanctary city proclamation could be better spelled out. I'm not a good enough Wikipedian to get it right with the proper formatting.--Eric Bekins 21:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm going to delete the line about Inzunza's proclamation that is marked unsourced by Friday Feb 9, 2007 if no one will source it.--Eric Bekins 22:40, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. --Eric Bekins 05:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Crime
I've marked the section added recently on "crime" as needing sources. These seem to be just statements made up based on anecdotal evidence and not on credible statistics. Also, does the perjorative "nasty city" really belong in an encyclopedic article on National City? --Eric Bekins 18:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No "nasty city" is an opinion and should be kept off wikipedia
 * Crime in national city according to 2005 FBI index link: (if anyone wants to update the crime section)
 * —Christopher Mann McKay 16:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Just to add, the city also had the epithet "Naturally Shitty."

While I'm at it, an episode of Saturday Night Live, filmed in New Orleans at Mardi Gras (possibly 1978), featured John Belushi and the "Killer Bees, from National City, California." Perhaps a reference to the city's having the reported 8th highest crime rate per capita at the time.

^^^^^In regards to the above:

Belushi probably picked National City, since it is close to the border, and at the time stood out more than Chula Vista on a map of border towns (Chula Vista is closer to the border than National City). The whole "Killer Bee" gag was that Killer bees were invading California from Mexico through a California border town. It is also rumored that he was friends with Tom Waits (who grew up in National City), and Belushi used National City since he was familiar with the city's proximity to the border, via Waits background history. National City has never been that well known outside of San Diego County, and I doubt that he would choose National City for the fact that it had the 8th highest crime rate per capita at the time. I was raised in National City during the 70's and 80's, and the crime was more anecdotal than the San Diego media and outsiders portrayed it. During the 70's an d 80's, there were probably worse neighborhoods in southeast San Diego (Logan Heights and Shelltown), and in southwest Chula Vista (Otay). there was a healthy amount of crime in National City, but I never thought that it was worse than the other neighborhoods. I grew up in the heart of OTNC gang territory, but I was never allowed to go down to Otay or up to Logan Heights by parents because of the "crime problems" in those neighborhoods. But I guess it's all a matter of perspective. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.37.156 (talk) 21:49, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

John T Walton
John T Walton is included as a resident of National City based on the fact he lived here for many years. See this article for more information. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050710/news_1c10walton.html --Eric Bekins 17:50, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Schools
I deleted someone's listing of the Higher Education center because it's not an independent school, but a place that other schools use to offer classes, as well as the County office of education. Also, there was a misspelled word. Not a good sign for the Higher Education center! --Eric Bekins (talk) 19:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC). I attended Highland Elementary School and my mother Thelma Arbuckle was the 6th grade teacher. I was there from 1946-1957 in grades k-6. Is it possible to add that school to the history? (Maryl Arbuckle).

The Zeros
Added The Zeros, since two members attended Sweetwater High School. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.37.156 (talk) 21:25, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

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Government
The existing government paragraph says that National City is in the 51st congressional district, currently represented by Sara Jacobs. Is it not actually in the 52nd district, represented by Juan Vargas? Boklaus (talk) 18:21, 23 April 2023 (UTC)