Surfers need to protect access to Black’s Beach
Surfers, this is a call to action. If UC San Diego is successful in permanently closing off Scripps Coastal Reserve, the access road to Black’s Beach could be next (“UCSD permit application proposes continuing limited public access to Scripps Coastal Reserve,” Feb. 1, La Jolla Light).
That road is owned by UC San Diego and is immediately next to Chancellor Pradeep Khosla’s house. If Khosla didn’t want a quiet nature reserve overlooking his house, I doubt he wants a bunch of surfers in his backyard.
We need to protect our coastline and Black’s Beach from a university leadership that seems to have no respect for the law or the public.
Kevin McNeal
Clarifying Scripps Coastal Reserve closure
In case one letter writer is confused (“Protecting reserves is important for all of us,” Our Readers Write, Feb. 15, La Jolla Light), I feel the need to clarify one important point regarding UC San Diego’s illegal public-access closure of Scripps Coastal Reserve.
The unauthorized closure is of the blufftop portion of Scripps Coastal Reserve, commonly known as “the knoll,” and its associated Sumner Canyon beach access trail. It does not involve or impact the underwater Marine Protected Area ocean portion of the reserve.
Shea Leader
Supervisor’s stance on gun issue sounds familiar
Regarding “San Diego County leaders move forward with plan intended to reduce gun violence,” (Feb. 15, La Jolla Light):
Reading his stated solutions to the problem of gun violence, I wondered if District 5’s supervisor, Jim Desmond, is receiving money from the NRA [National Rifle Association], since he seems to be avoiding the elephant in the room when it comes to the problem in this country (i.e., too many guns) when he says things like “[Rather than] spending taxpayer dollars on hiring someone to go talk to groups … if we don’t get to the root cause of the issue — mental health and violence — nothing will change. The last thing we need is more bureaucracy, especially focused on the wrong thing, like taking guns away from law-abiding citizens.”
I’m not advocating taking guns away from law-abiding citizens. But that last line sounds awfully like an NRA talking point to me.
Michael Bear
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