NEWS AND EVENTS NOTICE
Our next LJPB Regular Meeting will be Monday, September 23 @ 4pm at the La Jolla Riford Library (Community Room).
All are welcome, and for any questions or copy of meeting agenda please email us..
lajollaparksandbeaches@gmail.com
PURPOSE
La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation (Tax ID#: 45-3281923) that preserves, protects, and enhances the parks, beaches, other recreational resources, open spaces and coastal accesses within an area generally located in the Village of La Jolla, California, extending south to and including the Bird Rock neighborhoods..
The organization relies upon active involvement by its board and community members to spearhead projects which improve the experience in the parks and beaches within our area for residents and visitors, and to respond to community concerns and requests. We are comprised of a board of volunteers who live or work or recreate in the area.
La Jolla Parks & Beaches, Inc. is a recognized advocate of the community’s shoreline parks and beaches to the City of San Diego, the Parks & Recreation Department, and Council District #1.
The New La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District
‘The La Jolla Historical Society and La Jolla Parks & Beaches, Inc. have nominated the La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District for a 2024 award from Save Our Heritage Organizations People in Preservation.’
The “La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District,” a dramatic stretch of coastline that is part of the unceded ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Kumeyaay Nation, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2024.
DONATIONS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Please consider donating to one of our projects, or our general purpose fund. We are a 100% volunteer operated organization, and close to 97% of donated funds go directly to the projects. Funding from donors helps support restoration projects, environmental clean up, and other worthy community and shoreline projects.
Since we are a non-profit, all donations are tax deductible and you will receive a notice of that.
FEIN#: 45-3281923
Checks can be made payable to and sent directly to (be sure to note the project):
La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc
PO Box 185
La Jolla, CA 92038
Current News and Events
Diane Kane is a LJPB Director and local historian, and gave a presentation on the new Historic District at the recent LJPB meeting
After more than a year of planning and nearly a century of history, a new plaque at Boomer Beach in La Jolla’s Scripps Park honors the Bottom Scratchers diving club
This summer, particularly WindanSea, Marine St and Sea Lane keep on the look out for rip currents.
After years of red tape and multiple permits and approvals, the Bottom Scratchers will be permanently honored, recognized and memorialized with this one-ton boulder and plaque
The community and LJPB have been fighting against over the last 4 years the proliferation of the commercial activity and vending take-over along our coastline,
Celebrating with the incredible swimmers of ‘The Dawn Patrol’ at the new Scripps Park Picnic Grove is a
Enjoy 70 plus years of history and rethaching in this “time lapse” video as Friends of Windansea pays tribute to the Builders and Keepers of La Jolla’s iconic and Historical WindanSea Surfer’s Shack
Much thanks to LJPB member Melinda Merryweather and Friends of Windansea for their amazing turnout
La Jolla’s long-awaited Scripps Park Pavilion restroom facility had a soft opening Jan. 21, 2022 when the fencing came down and the water was turned on. The project, which was introduced in January 2014, is a replacement “comfort station
Celebration abounded at Children’s Pool on Dec. 9, 2018 following the unveiling of the renovated Children’s Pool Plaza. Eight years in the making, the Plaza project involved removing view-blocking landscaping, replacing and expanding the sidewalk to improve pedestrian flow and ADA-friendly
La Jolla Parks and Beaches has embraced the city Climate Action Plan and the Master Bicycle Plan by i
