Some Pacific Beach dog owners are frustrated with the lack of adequate off-leash dog parks in the area. So Pacific Beach Town Council president Brian White did something about it.
“After hearing these concerns at our Jan. 16 Pacific Beach Town Council forum, I began taking pictures of feasible options in Pacific Beach, eventually honing in on a grassy field on the northeastern edge of Crown Point Park,” White said.
“With ample parking in the adjacent lot and public restrooms nearby, it seems like an ideal place for an off-leash fenced dog park,” he said. “This site would be a huge asset for dog owners and their pups all across Pacific Beach and surrounding areas.”
Subsequently, Pacific Beach Town Council’s board voted to pursue White’s suggested site in Crown Point Park as a potential designated off-leash dog area.
Presently, there’s only one off-leash dog park available in PB: Capehart at 4747 Soledad Mountain Road. But there are significant problems with it. 
It’s been a dozen years since Capehart won out over Kate Sessions to become Pacific Beach’s only off-leash dog park. But due to previous longstanding drought conditions and watering restrictions, as well as heavy usage by dogs large and small, Capehart’s two separate fenced-in areas have both been almost completely denuded of turf. The dog park suffers as well from erosion and other issues.
And upgrading Capehart properly would be a big-ticket item. A recently released preliminary estimate of costs for improving both the large- and small-dog areas of Capehart was pegged by the City at about $612,000.
White’s proposed Crown Point off-leash dog park calls for: • Use of a large grassy area next to Mission Bay. • Fencing to be installed around the perimeter. • Ample parking to be made available in the adjacent lot. • Access to public restrooms nearby. • The ease with which the site could be made ADA-feasible due to its flatness. • Ample space to be made available for exercise and socializing, which are good for the health and well-being of dogs. • The park doubling as a social hub for humans. 
White questioned the adequacy of Capehart.
“Many believe that no matter how much money you put into Capehart, that it will never really serve the needs of PB,” he said. “That’s why we’re searching for an alternative.”
And the problem with searching for alternatives, any alternative, said White, “is there’s always a drawback to anything that you look at.”
White noted there have also been problems with residents getting ticketed for walking their dogs on-leash in Mission Bay Park and the beaches during undesignated times.
“People are frustrated and tired of being treated like criminals for trying to get healthy exercise for their dogs,” he said. “They just want some place where they can bring their dog to run around without having the dog police coming after them.”