Attorney Paul Kennerson presented a plan to the court this month that would utilize a sprinkler system to disperse the Children\u2019s Pool harbor seal colony in La Jolla. Superior Court Judge Yuri Hoffman gave the City of San Diego one more month to analyze Kennerson\u2019s “scarecrow” plan. “[Scarecrow] is the trade name,” Kennerson said. “It\u2019s tried and true\u2026 But the judge gave them further time. This has become a political battle versus a legal battle.” Hoffman gave the city another month, allowing the City Attorney\u2019s Office to analyze Kennerson\u2019s seal dispersal plan. Meanwhile, animal rights activists said another month leads the animals closer to pending legislation that, they said, would save the colony. “Kennerson proposed a scarecrow sprinkler system as an alternative [to the city\u2019s barking dog plan],” Deputy City Attorney George Schaefer said. Schaeffer said he asked Hoffman for more time to analyze the many facets of Kennerson\u2019s plan, which would shoot high-powered water onto moving targets at the Children\u2019s Pool. “We had a meeting today in the mayor\u2019s office and are carefully evaluating this alternative proposal,” Schaefer said. “There are a number of costs associated with any seal dispersal plan; those costs are primarily because of law enforcement.” Kennerson said many forces began aligning against his fight to open La Jolla\u2019s Children\u2019s Pool. “There\u2019s a lot of force gathering against the right thing, here. We\u2019re fighting the city, the city attorney \u2014 and environmental groups should be on the side of the water. It\u2019s a rather populated opposition,” Kennerson said. According to Schaefer, an attorney sent the city a letter regarding Kennerson\u2019s scarecrow, alerting the city attorney to possible violations under the California Environmental Quality Act. “One of the things we alerted the judge to [was that] it will require a federal permit,” Schaefer said. “Additional permits also may be necessary if the scarecrow is used, and the city is concerned about liability.” Kennerson\u2019s scarecrow detects movement but doesn\u2019t discriminate between seals and people, Schaefer said. And the city is evaluating several safety concerns such as whether it might spray a small child. “The court has found that the water is polluted from the seals\u2026 The city would have to shut the beach down,” Schaefer said. “We\u2019re trying to fairly evaluate [the scarecrow plan]\u2026 it\u2019s really opened up a can of worms.” “I\u2019m tired [of the attitude] \u2018if more people want this, then that\u2019s the end of the question,\u2019” Kennerson said. “The majority doesn\u2019t make it [legally] right.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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