One of the hallmarks of this city is that people do really care. The caring people of the Citizens Adversity Support Team apply emotional first aid for families who ve suffered a traumatic loss such as a sudden death. Describing this volunteer program, Emerson notes, Oftentimes, when people do it themselves, when the community comes together and does it, there s a much greater sense of satisfaction. The top cop exemplifies the pride and care shown by the people who work for the city most of whom live there, too. Excited by the impact they ll have on the future of Chula Vista, they are nonetheless diligent in seeing that older segments aren t slighted for the new.
Officials here pay much more than lip service to the ideal of happy constituents.
Of course, life in Chula Vista isn t all a cheery bowl of cherries. Crime does still exist, as do areas in need of renovation or replacement. And inevitably, there are growth-related disputes within and without. Neighboring Bonita, increasingly wary of what the grabby giant next door may do to its quietly rural way of life, has spawned a group called Preserve South Bay. Protesting the southern extension of SR-125, slated to run through the eastern end of Bonita by 2000, a PSB newsletter says with some alarm, Horses will become as rare in Bonita Valley as cows have become in Mission Valley if the tollway comes through.