Residents are imploring a San Diego City Council committee to endorse a blanket ban on alcohol at Kate O. Sessions Memorial Park, saying they’ve suffered enough since voters approved a beach booze ban in 2008 and sent more drinkers to their Pacific Beach neighborhood. The Park & Recreation Board had voted 8-1 Thursday to side ...
PACIFIC BEACH, Calif. -The battle over the Kate Sessions Park booze ban in Pacific Beach continued with a report filed Monday detailing the recommendations for the ban. The report was filed by Clay Bingham, deputy director of Community Parks Division, and aims to provide a compromise. Input was received from people on both sides of ...
Drunk in Public, Kate Sessions ParkThe San Diego Parks and Recreation Department has again reviewed Kate O. Sessions Park as it relates to allowing alcohol consumption there. Neighbors have complained of many problems including public urination (in front of their kids), drunkenness, partiers trashing the place, using city water without authorization (for their slippery slides?) and a number of other ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Drunk in Public, Kate Sessions Park, Local LawsPacificBeacher (an independent blogger) was on the scene at Kate Sessions Park this 4th of July weekend. Among the highlights? -The fire department giving jello wrestlers a hand by using their hose to spray some H20 into the ring. -One of the female wrestlers stumbling out of the ring and openly pulling jello from her ...
Drunk in Public, Holidays, Kate Sessions ParkFloating parties such as the Floatopia events held this year in San Diego will happen no longer. The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to close the loophole drinkers had been exploiting to bypass the 2008 beach alcohol ordinance – approved by nearly a quarter-million San Diegans. There were concerns about the enormous costs and ...
FloatopiaTomorrow Pacific Beach will make the Wall Street Journal – discussing the unintended consequences of people exploiting a new law (beach alcohol ban) with a loophole where bathers are able to drink off-shore. The reporter Conor Dougherty spent weeks doing interviews over the phone with residents and city officials and visited San Diego to see ...
Beach Ordinance, Floatopia, PB in National MediaThings were relatively mild in the Floatopia held today. There was a significant police, rescue and lifeguard force at the ready – their not knowing if 1,500 or 5,000 would show up to the event. My belief is the biggest mitigating factor to the event being small in size, compared to previous events, is that ...
Binge Drinking, Commentary, FloatopiaOne of the last Floatopia events will take place July 17, 2010. Our hope is that no one is seriously injured. Revelers use a loophole in the 2008 San Diego beach alcohol ordinance to continue their excessive drinking – caring little for the Sail Bay residents, families visiting the only family-friendly park in the area ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Commentary, FloatopiaA booze ban at Kate O. Sessions Memorial Park in Pacific Beach may be imminent, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The latest attempt to make miserable the lives of San Diego’s P.B. drunks has gained momentum since a Fourth of July celebration drew thousands to the park. Some groups want a full ban, while others ...
Kate Sessions ParkKate Sessions Park Is One Of 20 SD Parks Where Alcohol Is Permitted SAN DIEGO — Considered one of the post popular places to drink alcohol on a holiday in San Diego County, a proposed alcohol ban could end the parties at Kate Sessions Neighborhood Park.The park was once again a popular destination this Memorial ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Kate Sessions Park“He’s drunk off his ass…wavin’ his dick around,” said one SDPD officer to another as he pointed to a young man wearing a thong and wading through the waters at Fiesta Island’s “Enchanted Cove” on May 8. “Floatopia,” another beer-drinking event with a floating problem, began at 11 a.m. and was expected to continue through ...
Drunk in Public, FloatopiaFor the second year in a row, partiers found a way to float around San Diego’s beach booze ban. Revelers took advantage of a loophole that allows alcohol consumption in the water. The ban was approved in 2008. Over 5000 people showed up for Floatopia 2010 on Saturday carrying floats of every shape and size. ...
Commentary, Floatopia
Leave it to the few that will ruin it for the many. This years Floatopia is now over and this writer will work to cease any future similar events. What I saw at the end was hundreds of drunken idiots lucky to make it out of the water. What I’m wondering is how many of ...
Lifeguards are preparing for thousands of people partying in Mission Bay this weekend. A screen grab of the Facebook Floatopia San Diego 2010 Spring Break page says there are 8,370 confirmed “guests,” with another 5,022 saying they may attend. The water-based events — also called raftopias and floatapalookas — involve large groups of people drinking ...
FloatopiaThousands of people on spring break are expected to launch rafts and inner tubes in Sail Bay this weekend for what is called “Floatopia.” In its second year, Floatopia is an event in which partiers take advantage of a loophole in the city’s beach alcohol ban. This Saturday, as many as 6,000 people have RSVPs ...
FloatopiaAt Fanuel Street Park in Pacific Beach holiday weekend revelers found a way around the ban on alcohol at city beaches by taking part in Floatopia on Mission Bay in 2009. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / Union-Tribune) SAN DIEGO — No longer allowed to drink alcohol on San Diego beaches, Aubrey Taylor and her friends moved ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, FloatopiaFaced with the problem of a tyrannical overseas king, Americans rebelled, warred, and ultimately created a nation and a people. This Fourth of July in San Diego, celebrate American independence and ingenuity by sipping some of your favorite brew down in Pacific Beach. What’s that you say? There’s a new booze ban on San Diego ...
FloatopiaSAN DIEGO — Two men charged in connection with the Labor Day riot at Pacific Beach will soon be headed to trial, NBC 7/39 reported. NEW Video Surfaces. Santee resident Andrew Terrel, 20, and Ricardo Guzman, 23, of San Diego are among eight people now charged in the incident. Both appeared in court on Thursday. ...
Labor Day Riot 2007San Diego Union Tribune – Gerry Braun In one of several YouTube videos of the notorious Labor Day melee, you can watch the birth of the insurrection, long before police marched in like a conquering army to reclaim Pacific Beach.The video shows two police officers arresting a young man who they wrongly suspected was monkeying ...
Labor Day Riot 2007This is the third of three installments of my moderating the VoiceofSanDiego.org Cafe San Diego Installment One – Installment Two – Installment Three A news report made by the Beach and Bay Press shows that 15 people were arrested by the police from this Labor Day riot. A full two thirds were arrested for being ...
Labor Day Riot 2007This is the first of three installments of my moderating the VoiceofSanDiego.org Cafe San Diego Installment One – Installment Two – Installment Three What bothers me most about the Labor Day riot in Pacific Beach is that people seem to forget some details. That is, I understand the lifeguards asked the police for help because ...
Labor Day Riot 2007Beach and Bay Press by SEBASTIAN RUIZ Standing at the foot of Reed Street in Pacific Beach, Councilman Kevin Faulconer announced that he would work to bring legislation before City Council to ban alcohol on the beach in following the violence that broke out Labor Day in Pacific Beach. At the Tuesday, Sept. 4 press ...
Labor Day Riot 2007Kevin Faulconer, Councilman for District Two in San Diego, CA – whose district includes Pacific Beach recently held a press conference where he said he supported a total alcohol restriction on any San Diego, CA parks and beaches. What do you think about this idea? Add your comments at the bottom of this page to ...
Labor Day Riot 2007Our Labor Day fiasco has garnered many headlines for Pacific Beach. Is this how you want Pacific Beach portrayed in the news? This Associated Press story – and similar variations shown below – appeared in many markets including: The Globe and Mail – Canada: Story 1 – Video Story Yahoo! News – Video Story USAToday.com ...
Assault, Commentary, Drunk in Public, Holidays, Labor Day Riot 20079/4/07 Monica Dean, NBC 7/39 Reporter SAN DIEGO — The city councilman from Pacific Beach said a Labor Day riot in his neighborhood shows that something has to change. Councilmember Kevin Faulconer said alcohol undoubtedly played a role in the confrontation between a rowdy crowd and more than 70 San Diego police officers Monday. He ...
Assault, Drunk in Public, Holidays, Labor Day Riot 2007KUSI.com Monday, September 3, 2007 Labor Day turned ugly in Pacific Beach. San Diego police had to disperse a violent crowd of several hundred people, some of whom pelted officers with cans and bottles. This after officers arrested ten people involved in an alcohol-related brawl. Reinforcements were brought in and more people were arrested. The ...
Assault, Drunk in Public, Holidays, Labor Day Riot 2007Beach Area Alcohol Task Force The BATF meeting sessions are completed. The following are meeting minutes: Meeting Minutes June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 ::: March 2007 – Revised February 2007 ::: February 2007 – Revised January 2007 ::: January 2007 – Revised December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 Initial Announcement: Press Release ...
Beach Alcohol Ordinance, Beach Ordinance, Underage DrinkingThe toned-down alternative for Pacific Beach’s Block Party, the Pacific Beach Street Fair, was officially denied a permit for this year by the city after months of community controversy. In a letter signed by the city’s chief executive officer, Ronnie Froman, the denial was based on the lack of community support, threat to private property ...
Alcohol Culture in PB, Block Party, PB in the Media