Could you soon be taking your four-legged friend for a walk on Long Beach?<\/p>\n
The City Council heard from neighbors Tuesday night about a proposal to allow dogs on the beach.<\/p>\n
“I think they should allow it, within reason,” said Ken Quagliata, of Long Beach.<\/p>\n
Right now, dogs are not allowed on the beach or boardwalk. But an online petition with more than 1,700 signatures is pushing for a pilot program that would allow dogs on the beach from October through April.<\/p>\n
“I think it is good there aren’t a lot of people around. I enjoy bringing my dog there in the colder weather. My dog enjoys it. People aren’t all over the beach and it is less disruptive,” Quagliata said.<\/p>\n
While most people who spoke at the hearing supported the idea, others raised concerns about safety and cleanliness.<\/p>\n
“This is what I care about. If somebody’s dog rips up another dog, kills it or bites somebody,” one person said.<\/p>\n
Daniel Moran, of Long Beach, also raised concerns about people failing to clean up after their pets.<\/p>\n
“For over eight years, I regularly see people letting their dogs run loose and defecate on our beach. They are ruining it for everyone, including the responsible dog owners here,” Moran said.<\/p>\n
Some residents said stiffer fines could help keep dog owners in check.<\/p>\n
“You can increase the fine for whoever violates laws, about not picking up after the dog. Put it up to one thousand dollars, let it be a true deterrent,” said Jeffrey Chess, of Long Beach.<\/p>\n
The City Council did not take a vote. Instead, it adjourned the public hearing until Nov. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could you soon be taking your four-legged friend for a walk on Long Beach? The City Council heard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-502959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}