CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

Corona del Mar Residents, Councilwoman, Complain About Dog Messes

Over the holiday weekend, residents near a Jasmine Avenue park wanted to put out an inflatable pool for their two small children.

“We had to pick up six piles of poop before we could put the pool down,” the Corona del Mar woman said. “Some people refuse to do their part.”

There is a city-installed sign, warning that dogs need to be on leashes and that owners are required to clean up their feces. But dog messes are there, all the time.

Even City Councilwoman Nancy Gardner noted the problem in her July newsletter.

“Our new civic center will have a dog park, and there is a proposal to extend the hours when dogs can be at the beach,” she wrote. “As a dog owner, I understand the appeal, but I worry about that small percentage who try to ruin it for everyone.”

She described the poop outbreak in the park and said she added a sign to the city’s that said, “Pick up after your dog.”

“Didn’t make any difference,” she wrote. “A neighbor, perhaps feeling a little warmth would help, added: ‘Please. Children play here.’ Still no response. Someone then affixed a roll of poop bags to the sign to take away any excuse–and there still was a problem! We dog owners are going to have to cover for our non-compliant peers if dog parks and extended hours are to succeed.”

Read more about the proposed expansion of beach hours for dogs here and here.