Respect Bird Rock

  Sign the petition   here . Lower speed limits save lives and prevent injuries. " For some residents, however, the message echoes a call for drivers to slow down on Bird Rock streets. In summer 2022, Bird Rock resident Harry Bubbins, who is now president of the La Jolla Community Planning Association,  launched a petition drive   aiming to have the 35 mph speed limit lowered on La Jolla Boulevard as it winds into Bird Rock. The petition has since been submitted to the city for consideration. Bubbins told the  Light  that the recent “Slow down” message “speaks to the dangerous conditions that exist from speeding drivers and the widespread local perception of a need to address it, especially the 35 mph speed from Pacific Beach as you pass Tourmaline Surfing Park and approach Bird Rock Elementary School.” This week, he said, advocates spoke before the San Diego City Council’s Active Transport and Infrastructure Committee “to ask for the state law [Assembly Bi...

  Progress! A City Council Committee voted to lower the speed limit on numerous streets in San Diego using the state legislation AB43 we have been advocating for! Unfortunately, the current list of streets does not include La Jolla Boulevard! Take Action before the next Council vote and Email Council Present Joe LaCava and Mayor Todd Gloria.  Send an email to:  joelacava@sandiego.gov; mayortoddgloria@sandiego.gov Cut and Paste (and/or add your own words) Subject: AB43-Lower the speed on La Jolla Boulevard Thank you for working for safe streets and lower speed limits and supporting state law AB43. Please add La Jolla Boulevard between Pacific Beach and Bird Rock (Loring and Colima) to the current list approved by ATI Committee before the final proposal of applicable streets is presented to the full City Council. Thank you.