El Cajon, CA

East San Diego County

El Cajon City in East San Diego County and , although in a more rural desert setting, experiences similar problems to those of City Heights.

In El Cajon, the majority of the population is Latino although official census numbers report only 26%. Because of the high cost of housing in coastal areas, there is a migration of middle income, working people buying homes in El Cajon and commuting west.

From outward appearances household incomes seem to be rising. This development masks the fact that there is still high local unemployment, underemployment and poverty. Many Hispanic refugees and Chaldean immigrants who escaped from Iraq live in El Cajon and struggle with linguistic and cultural barriers that continue to exist.

The problem is so well recognized that the Medical Director from La Maestra (who is Chaldean himself) was asked to establish the clinic. It is in response to these needs that La Maestra acted and has established the only community clinic to serve the area.

 The El Cajon facility is easily accessible by public transportation and is available for serve to over 29 different census tracts with a total population of 118,902 (according to the 2002 Census). All of the East Region of San Diego County has a slightly less dense population of approximately 448,750.

For more information regarding services offered by our La Maestra El Cajon Clinic site, please click HERE.