Friday, June 09, 2006YEAH YEAH...Santa Monica Dog Beach
My best friend, Carrie, is moving to Santa Monica...what a great excuse to visit her...(not that I need one)
Daily Press staff writer
CITY HALL — Elected officials here want to change state law in order to allow for a dog beach that could be located on a stretch of sand south of Wilshire Boulevard.
The City Council tonight will consider whether or not to support a bill in Sacramento that would allow proponents of leash-free dog beaches to set aside an area at Dockweiler Beach for man’s best friend to run free. The council has drafted a resolution calling for the bill to be amended so that Santa Monica State Beach is included.
California State Parks, which owns the beach here, prohibits dog beaches. The City Council last year instructed staff to work with state officials in authorizing a dog beach pilot program. Those efforts have been unsuccessful, according to city staff.
“We are hoping so much that it will pass,” said Georja Umano Jones, president of Unleash the Beach, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a dog beach in Santa Monica. “Most of us live here because we love the beach. We also love our dogs and consider them a part of our family, but we are not allowed to take them to the beach … I used to walk on the beach all the time before I got my dog, but now I almost never do because I can’t just leave my dog at home.”
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Tags: Santa Monica, dog beach, California, dog park
New leash on life for SM dog beach
By Kevin HerreraDaily Press staff writer
CITY HALL — Elected officials here want to change state law in order to allow for a dog beach that could be located on a stretch of sand south of Wilshire Boulevard.
The City Council tonight will consider whether or not to support a bill in Sacramento that would allow proponents of leash-free dog beaches to set aside an area at Dockweiler Beach for man’s best friend to run free. The council has drafted a resolution calling for the bill to be amended so that Santa Monica State Beach is included.
California State Parks, which owns the beach here, prohibits dog beaches. The City Council last year instructed staff to work with state officials in authorizing a dog beach pilot program. Those efforts have been unsuccessful, according to city staff.
“We are hoping so much that it will pass,” said Georja Umano Jones, president of Unleash the Beach, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a dog beach in Santa Monica. “Most of us live here because we love the beach. We also love our dogs and consider them a part of our family, but we are not allowed to take them to the beach … I used to walk on the beach all the time before I got my dog, but now I almost never do because I can’t just leave my dog at home.”
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Tags: Santa Monica, dog beach, California, dog park
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1 Comments:
You'd better visit!!!! It would be so awesome to see what Quinn would do at the water! You think she'd go in if she saw me do it?
< $BlogCommentDeleteIcon$>yeah, me neither cause that still hasn't worked for using the toilet.
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