District 2 Councilman Kevin Faulconer announced the names of those beach-area residents and business owners appointed to serve on the Beach Alcohol Task Force Friday, Sept. 29.
The task force will hold its first meeting on Monday, Oct. 30, at the Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, 4275 Cass St. All meetings will be open to the general public.
The task force comprises community members from the Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach and Mission Beach neighborhoods. All the participants had expressed interest to Faulconer in serving on the task force.
“We want people from all of the beach communities to be represented, and very diverse views on alcohol and alcohol issues,” Faulconer said. “I don’t want a predetermined outcome. I really want people with diverse views on that.”
According to Faulconer, who will serve as the task force’s chair, the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) is not a formal member of the group, but they will be participating in the meetings.
Advisory staff include the San Diego City Attorney Office’s Drug Abatement Response Team (DART), Civil Division and Neighborhood Prosecution and San Diego Police Department, Northern Division and Vice.
“The idea was to take a holistic view of the situation,” Faulconer said. “You’re always going to have people who want to ban alcohol on the beaches and some that do not want a ban on the beaches. But what are some areas that we can find that are common ground in terms of alcohol licensing issues [and] enforcement issues, and what I’ve really tried to do with this is provide a forum where people can come who have differing opinions, but let’s talk about where we can agree rather than disagree.”
The members of the Beach Alcohol Task Force are:

“¢ Dave Martin, member of the Ocean Beach Town Council and owner of Ocean Beach’s Shades Ocean Front Bistro
“¢ Julie Klein, Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association
“¢ Dirk Stump, owner of Ocean Beach’s Stump’s Market
“¢ Clyde Fuller, Pacific Beach resident
“¢ Jeremy Malecha, member of FreePB.org and the Pacific Beach Town Council
“¢ Mike Meyer, member of the Mission Beach Precise Planning Board
“¢ Katie Keach, member of Pacific Beach Town Council
“¢ Mark Antis, Mission Beach resident
“¢ Bill Bradshaw, member of the Mission Beach Town Council
“¢ Scott Chipman, member of the Pacific Beach Town Council and SavePB.org
“¢ Carole Janks, owner of Pacific Beach’s Zanzibar Café
“¢ Nancie Gellar, Mission Beach Town Council President
“¢ Todd Brown, Discover Pacific Beach and owner of Pacific Beach’s Bub’s Dive Bar
“¢ Jean Froning, Mission Beach resident