LA JOLLA — The Surfrider Foundation will install the first 10 of 120 cigarette ash cans Oct. 6 in spots with high foot traffic on Girard Avenue and Prospect Street. The foundation’s Strategic Ash Can (SAC) initiative began in 2006 in Ocean Beach with 40 installations and it has also reached parts of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach. Surfrider Chairman Manase Mansur said he presented the idea to the La Jolla Town Council about six weeks ago and members were extremely welcoming to the idea and wanted to get started with installation right away. Mansur said the cans cost about $200 each and he hopes to secure funding for about 120 of them, as La Jolla officials identified 91 spots in the Village that need ash cans, and he said there are about 30 other locations in La Jolla Shores and Bird Rock that are in need of SAC installation. Mansur also said Surfrider has found a manufacturer in San Diego County to produce the product, which will be made especially for La Jolla in a “pelican brown” color. The Surfrider Foundation has about 5,000 members in San Diego, making it the largest chapter in the world. The foundation will look to secure funding from local businesses for the SAC initiative in La Jolla.








