May 12, 2016
Greetings to all Unleash The
Beach members and dog beach fans,
As you know we have struggled
with the state for 11 years and they refuse to give us permission for a pilot
dog beach. Our Santa Monica City Beach is actually “owned” by the state and
they have the final word.
Well, there is a new movement
for more dog beaches in LA County. Jeff Douek and his associate in West Hollywood have started an initiative to be put on the
county ballot in November allowing citizens to access the county beaches with their dogs. It is a little fuzzy exactly which beaches
are county owned, but according to a couple of official documents on the Internet
there are a few beach areas that are considered county and not state.
We know from previous meeting and experience with the county officials that they are not fans of dog beaches any more than the state. But with a ballot initiative they passed they may be forced to act.
The effort now is to get
enough signatures on the ballot so that the county will have to respond. Hopefully in the very least they will not
ticket if we bring our dogs.
The petitions must be paper
and not digital. There are petitions you can download and send in on their website.
LADogBeaches.com….Be sure and note that the forms for more than two signatures MUST be
double-sided.
There is also an address on
the site where you can send these in. Must be in by June 1. You can also drop them by the WEHO Bistro, address
also on website, and you could even pick up more forms there.
More than half the signatures
are already collected but the time left to collect the rest is short. Please copy some forms and get your friends
and neighbors to sign them and get them in before the deadline.
There will also be a rally for
this movement this Saturday, May 14 from 11 - 2 at Rosie’s Beach in Long Beach
regarding the petition drive. If you go please tell them you are a member of
Unleash the Beach and people should also sign up for our Facebook and web
pages. If this thing works out it could
well mean progress for our local beach as well..
For more information go to
LADogBeaches.com and act now!
Dog beaches in our county is
a GREAT thing!!!
Let’s have a big show of support
from the Unleash the Beach crowd and help make this a success!
Best regards,
Georja Umano
Founder and Director
Unleash the Beach
