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La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) is doubling down on its request that the City of San Diego continue to fund locking the gates at Kellogg Park at night, increasing trash pick-up frequency, and keeping the public restrooms clean.

After the City of San Diego quietly granted itself a waiver to the summer construction moratorium so it could continue working on the Torrey Pines Road Slope Restoration Project in June (without reaching out to local community advisory groups for approval), it extended that waiver into parts of July and some of August.

Multiple cases of graffiti have been reported in La Jolla in recent weeks and residents are wondering if the markings are connected to summer shenanigans or something more serious?

You’ve no doubt seen La Jolla Light’s Alphabet Soup list of community planning groups, their missions and meeting times, which is published periodically and updated at lajollalight.com/news/sd-cm-ljl-alphabet-soup-20190717-story.html And if your goal is to get more involved in these groups (but you sometimes get lost in their lingo), here’s a glossary of common planning terms to help: Applicant: Any person who has filed an application for a permit, map or other matter, and who is the record owner of the real property that is the subject of the permit, map or other matter; the record owner’s authorized agent; or any other person who can demonstrate a legal right, interest or entitlement to the use of the real property subject to the application.

As a service to readers, La Jolla Light has compiled a guide to the numerous, “alphabet soup” acronyms for La Jolla’s 14 organizations that help guide community life.

The San Diego City Council voted July 16 to approve the 55 MADs throughout the city, including the new La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District (La Jolla MAD).