SAN DIEGO — As the City of San Diego works to implement a state law that allows local governments to reduce speed limits on roads close to business districts or where pedestrians and cyclists are at risk, advocates in the Bird Rock neighborhood are pushing for changes on a busy stretch of La Jolla Boulevard.
Respect Bird Rock member and neighborhood resident, Harry Bubbins, has advocated for speed limit reduction on La Jolla Boulevard since 2022, when he started an online petition calling to reduce the limit on the segment between Pacific Beach and Bird Rock to below 35 mph.
On Sunday, a group of concerned residents gathered on La Jolla Boulevard to gather more signatures for a petition to reduce the speed…