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🎉 VICTORY! La Jolla Boulevard Officially Included in Safer Speed Limits!

 WE DID IT! Thanks to YOUR signatures, voices, and persistence, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved the Comprehensive Speed Management Plan on March 16, 2026.

And here's what we've been fighting for: La Jolla Boulevard between Pacific Beach and Bird Rock is OFFICIALLY on the list as a designated safety corridor!

What started out as a local cause became a city-wide campaign.


The plan will lower speed limits on nearly 680 miles of San Diego streets—about 20% of our entire city road network. School zones can now go as low as 15 mph, business districts to 25 mph, and safety corridors will see 5 mph reductions.

This victory belongs to every single person who signed, shared, and spoke up.

What This Means for Our Street

The stretch of La Jolla Boulevard you helped highlight is now recognized by the city as a priority for safety improvements. The city used a data-driven approach to identify corridors with higher crash rates and pedestrian activity—and your advocacy made sure our voices were heard.

New speed limit signs will be installed starting later this year, with priority given to school zones and other high-risk areas. The full implementation is expected to take about one year 

How to Stay Involved

Change.org does not allow petition creators to email signers directly. To stay in touch and get updates on implementation (and other local issues):

📧 Click here to sign up to stay in touch outside of the Change petition

We'll send you:
- Updates on when new speed limit signs are installed on La Jolla Boulevard
- Information about next steps for traffic calming measures
- Opportunities to advocate for additional safety improvements and other local issues

What You Made Possible

As the city's Speed Management Plan states: "Even small changes in speed can mean the difference between a survivable crash and a deadly one".

Your signatures helped create the political will to make this happen. Councilmember Joe LaCava and the entire City Council heard us loud and clear.

📧 Click here to sign up to stay in touch outside of the Change petition

With deepest gratitude,

Respect Bird Rock
respectbirdrock.org


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