Children’s Pool Beach is a sandy beach area located at 850 Coast Boulevard, at the end of Jenner Street, in La Jolla, California. The Children’s Pool earned its name after the construction of a concrete breakwater in 1931. The Children’s Pool was created when La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps funded the construction of the sea wall that surrounds the beach. She gifted the wall and the beach it subsequently created to the City in 1931.

Children’s Pool Conditions Assessment Report

In late 2021, LJP&B funded and Director Phyllis Minick commissioned the $11,000 project, led by local engineer Matt Mangano and his firm, MDEP Inc., to assess the structural condition of the Children’s Pool. While the report includes some repair recommendations, it does not propose an overall project or scope of work.

The purpose of the report, Mangano said, is to “front-run the study phase and engineering work the city would have to do anyway” should it decide to make repairs. “We’re handing that to them on a platter.”

As noted in the La Jolla Light article, LJP&B President Bob Evans called the report “quite comprehensive and detailed” and noted that among the findings, it categorizes “the overall condition of the seawall as ‘poor’ and needs to be addressed promptly.”

The report estimates that repairs to the seawall alone would cost $2.3 million, not including repairs to the stairs or surrounding retaining walls.

The detailed engineering and structural analysis report can be found here.