At the request of the property owners, the Princess Street public beach access agenda item has been postponed until June. The decision was made by the California Coastal Commission at a Feb. 10 hearing. La Jolla Shores President Joe Dicks urged commissioners to consider that “the system was being manipulated.” He claimed that each time the issue was slated to be discussed at a Commission meeting being held in San Diego, the owners of the property at 7957 Princess St. filed for a continuance. “We had dozens of people scheduled to be here today to speak about this issue,” he said. “They can’t all leave their homes and families and travel to Orange County or wherever the next meeting will be held.” Commission Chair Sara Wan asked staff why the item had been postponed again, citing her “confusion over why a continuance had been issued several times.” She was told it was within the rights of the property owner to ask for a postponement. The item was scheduled for October before it was postponed until February. By a unanimous vote on Feb. 3, the La Jolla Community Planning Association adopted a motion to support the “restoration and maintenance of the full and open public beach access at 7959 Princess St. and not simply ‘emergency lifeguard’ access.” — Additional reporting by Claire Harlin.