Community Group Demands Apology as Video of Councilmember’s Heated Exchange Over Zoning Policy Surfaces

During a Juneteenth event in San Diego, City Councilmember Henry Foster and constituent Kenny Key engaged in a heated verbal altercation that was captured on a thirty-second video clip uploaded by Neighbors for Encanto. In the footage, Foster repeatedly told Key to "go home to your mama's house" and called him a "punk" multiple times, while Key criticized Foster's leadership and called him "the worst District Councilman. " According to Neighbors for Encanto, the confrontation began when Key approached Foster requesting a town hall discussion about Footnote 7, a controversial zoning policy affecting low-income and historically Black neighborhoods that was formally removed in April following public backlash.