SAN DIEGO DUI NEWS: BALBOA PARK MAY BAN ALCOHOL
SAN DIEGO DUI DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS
San Diego Balboa Park officials want to tighten the outdoor booze policy in the city's crown jewel, hoping to give police an additional tool to combat chronic drinkers who hang out there.
“We know that we have people who picnic, and we didn't want to preclude what we know is cultural for Balboa Park and isn't a problem,” said Vicki Granowitz, chairwoman of the Balboa Park Committee. “But we need to devise something that would be easier to (use) for the police and our park rangers.”
The result is a map of nine lawns in the park's central area where alcohol would still be allowed. Visitors could drink a beer or sip a cocktail there, but only during a restricted time frame.
Public drinking is now allowed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. anywhere in the central part of the park. The proposal, to be voted on Thursday by the Balboa Park Committee, would restrict outdoor drinking to between noon and 8 p.m. in nine grassy picnic areas that are easily monitored by park rangers.
Restaurants and park institutions would not be affected.
