I am in Escondido, California. I have a 50' public utility easement across the back edge of my 3/4 acre residential property. It's about 25% of the property. It's marked as "50' public utility easement granted hereon" on the parcel map
A neighbor has decided that land is "City property, therefore public property and anyone can use it at any time." They hang out in the rear of my yard and yell at me about their rights and that I can't do anything about it if I ask them to leave.
I've called the police and they said - "They tell us it's city property and we don't make people leave city property unless they have broken some other law." When I told them I had title papers showing it is a utility easement on my property, they didn't want see them.
Before I spend money talking to an attorney, does a public utility easement on private residential property make it public property open to anyone who wants to come in? I would expect it would only entitle the utility companies access and normal private property trespass rules should apply to anyone else.

