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BODACIOUS BURGERS BITE INTO THE BEACH’S BEST FOR NATIONAL BURGER MONTH SEE PAGE 4
La Jolla native releasing debut album, to perform at fair SEE PAGE 11
La Jolla Playhouse announces WOW Festival line-up
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Study: Ample usable parking found in Village BY DAVE SCHWAB | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
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n May, a consultant briefed La Jolla merchants about a study that revealed there is ample parking available in the Village at all times. Brad Elsass, of Ace Mobility Solutions, clued La Jolla Village Merchants Association in on the status of parking. “We need to prioritize what can be done to help mobility within La Jolla Village, what’s going to take a little more time and what’s just not going to be a feasible solution,” said Elsass, noting previous parking studies “didn’t get right the amount of off-street parking. Nobody’s really taken into account what the off-street parking stalls are, the whole inventory, lot by lot, where there is parking available.” Elsass pointed out there are 2,456 on-street parking stalls, and about 4,000 parking stalls off-street either in managed parking garages or off-street parking lots. Another 200 stalls are created via use of valets SEE PARKING PG. 5
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City Council votes to make vehicle habitation illegal BY DAVE SCHWAB | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
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Kathy’s Legacy Foundation donates to SD Humane Society SEE PAGE 2
he City Council voted 6-3 to draft a new ordinance making vehicle habitation illegal once again in residential areas and near schools. Dissenting votes were cast by Council President Georgette Gomez of District 9, Monica Montgomery of District 4 and Chris Ward of District 3 following
‘We are creating a balance that provides ... to those in need while protecting our neighborhoods from behavior that ... hurts quality of life.’ – MAYOR KEVIN FAULCONER more than three hours of testimony and debate. The ordinance makes it illegal for residents to be living out of their vehicles from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. in neighborhoods, or at any
time within 500 feet of a residence or school, excluding colleges and universities. A vehicle is considered inhabited if there is evidence of sleeping, bathing or meal preparation there.
Those favoring the new revised ban said the goal is to encourage people inhabiting their vehicles to use monitored parking lots where they can safely sleep overnight while accessing job training and housing assistance services. In February 2018, the City Council repealed its 36-year-old Vehicle Habitation Ordinance after a federal judge found it SEE CITY PG. 5