Once again the town of Los Gatos has failed. Every year now since I graduated from LGHS they have held this ‘fantasy of lights’ thing at Vassona on Blossom Hill, and every year, they block all traffic in every direction anywhere near the event. It took me 20 mins to get to starbucks tonight and an hour has passed and I am still LIVID. Ive sent emails to the City of Los Gatos, LGPD, and to two event organizers that I found on the Fantasy of Lights webpage. What is a citizen to do? I’d guess most of the people at the event are tourists from nearby places, not residents of Los Gatos.

Update:
I drove to the LGPD to file a complaint and they said that the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department is the one in charge of the event, and that the LGPD assists them with the traffic management, but it is entirely the Sheriff’s deal. The money collected at the gate benefits the Sheriff, not the park. To me this is entirely jacked, because the Sheriffs don’t even have jurisdiction to manage traffic in Los Gatos, they only have jurisdiction within the park. The nice LGPD dispatch lady that I talked to told me I would have to contact them to file a complaint.

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