The LJCPDAB Chairman Martin Mosier 
The Pacific Beach Community Parking District Board (PBCPDB)
plans to charge beachgoers $3 per hour, and residents
$10 per month to park on the street!
Support Our Local Community and
Stop Paid On-Street
Parking
Did you know that special interests and the city of San Diego are working quietly behind the scenes to bring paid on-street parking to our local communities, including La Jolla?
Despite overwhelming opposition from residents, small business owners, visitors, and consumers alike, the City is working with a small secretive group that includes large restaurant owners and proprietors of paid parking lots to tap into your change purse. Don't be fooled!
- This isn't about finding a more convenient way to pay.
- This isn't about finding "easier-to-enforce" technology.
- This is about keeping the "camel's nose out from under the tent"!!!
If we allow even a single meter on our public streets as part of the proposed "Pilot Parking Plan" more will soon follow.
The Parking Advisory Board needs to be disbanded because it continues to ignore its charter! It promotes paid on-street parking as a panacea while refusing to actually study the "parking problem."
PLJ Approves Paid On-Street ParkingOn April 9, 2008 Promote La Jolla (PLJ) held it's regular monthly Board meeting. Here's what the Board voted to approve: "To support the findings and recommendations of the Parking Advisory Board based on the specifics of the Pilot Program passed in September 2007." Before the PLJ Board vote Darcy Ashley inquired: It is "my understanding that you would be endorsing the Pilot Plan, as it's proposed, to the City. You have 679 business owners in the BID that are opposed to paid parking. You are OK with that?" George Hauer's answer was "Yes". The motion was approved over the objections of new Board members Bob Collins and Nancy Warwick. Many have long suspected that Promote La Jolla would vote to send the Pilot Plan to the City Council, without any changes, adjustments or modifications. Most importantly, the prediction was that the "Pilot Plan", calling for paid on-street parking throughout La Jolla, would not be altered due to public comment. This is exactly what happened! Promote La Jolla has endorsed a proposal for paid on-street parking in La Jolla, despite the fact that 90% of business members that they "represent" are in opposition, not to mention the vast majority of La Jolla's residents and visitors. There was a newspaper reporter in the room when all of this occurred, so we can expect a story soon. Watch our Press Web Page for a link. Given all the recent dialog from Scott Peters on the issue of parking in La Jolla (see this La Jolla Light article), it will be interesting to see what he has to say about this outrageous action by Promote La Jolla. Click HERE if you want to know who these guys are, or if you want to contact them yourself! Be certain to check back for updates. There is much, much more to say about this brazen action. Stay tuned... |
Check our events page for information on upcoming public meetings on this topic. Let's make sure that the public continues to appear in force to let everyone know that they think about this!
Support us by attending the next meeting of the La Jolla Community Parking District Advisory Board and telling them what the public thinks about this nonsense.
Check our events page for the next meeting.
(On April 15, 2008 the San Diego City Council asked that the
regular meetings of this Board be suspended.)
Please help preserve La Jolla for everyone. We need a parking plan that is community supported...and developed democratically in full view of the public!
If you want more information about our fight against paid on-street parking in our local communities, or want to help out, please contact us at: