San Diego to crack down on businesses that set up bonfires, picnics, events on beach

new tonight there's a wave of frustration at beaches in the city of San Diego dozens of business owners who are hired to set up parties on the sand say they are about to lose their livelihoods good evening and thanks so much for joining us I'm Marcel Lee the city says it will start enforcing a law that banss private businesses from organizing events cbsa Steve price joins us live from La Hoya Shores tonight to explain why the city is doing this Steve and Marcel it is another beautiful day in par

adise out here at La Hoya Shores you can see a lot of folks even out here at 5:00 enjoying the beach which is why these businesses say they are providing such a valuable experience by having bonfires and other parties on the beach creating memories that people will enjoy forever but others say those businesses are a nuisance from the pictures on their website it's clear blue light bonfires has been setting up some pretty awesome experiences on our local beaches but their propane fire pit busines

s is is about to run out of gas by Banning the use of Professional Services like ours you're keeping our community from enjoying a beach bonfire experience the city of San Diego says it will no longer allow private companies to set up not only bonfires but also picnics corporate events and other similar activities on City beaches the city says the Crackdown follows complaints from beachgoers and people living near the beach who say the events are loud and take away space meant for everyone to sh

are why do you they get to profit off of everyone else's public space What entitles them to that right Andrea schlager supports the city's position the ocean beach resident says these vendors take away money from other businesses that are paying fees to support Community safety beautification and sidewalk cleaning lifeguards also support the ban telling cbs8 unregulated commercial activity on the sand takes up public space negatively affects the beach and creates a distraction for lifeguards lif

eguard resources must be dedicated to Public Safety and water observation we make Beach cleanups fun Gregor Cafaro owns purpose first Beach cleanup which organizes Beach cleanups the first Saturday of every month and provides all the materials to make the event safe but he says this Crackdown will make continuing cost prohibitive taxing us per volunteer basically charging our organization to clean the beach I feel is very wrong the businesses were hoping the city would create a per in process to

let them continue but the city says these activities have always been illegal under the municipal code and now they are simply enforcing the rules already in place now although the city will no longer allow these events on the actual sand they are providing nine different parks along the shoreline where these events can still take place that said Marcela they will have to get a permit and the vents will be limited to a maximum of 4 hours