A donor gave 200′ of beach for a children’s pool about 100 years ago. A couple of kids died so they closed off the sluice gates and this special beach has not been cleaned since.
Seals have taken it over and are protected by federal law (MMPA), but San Diego continues to fret over it for years saying the donor would turn over in her grave if she knew that seals had taken over this stretch of beach.
I think they don’t want tourists in La Jolla, even though they have to get a hotel room, a meal and pay for parking. Then they get to go see the seals. No-one is allowed near them, they just get to watch from a jetty or the Park & Rec platform.
If you’d like to weigh in on this debate please contact http://www.lajollafriendsoftheseals.org.
This debate has gone on too long and kids love seeing the seals. They have miles of beaches to swim and this is fetid because of the sluice gates. Give the seals this beach. Thank you, Dee
Cooking with Dee 