LJCPA PRESIDENT’S VIEW NOT SHARED BY ALL The La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) is recognized by the City Council to make recommendations to the City Council, Planning Commission, city staff and other governmental agencies on land-use matters. LJCPA standard operating procedures and responsibilities are outlined in Council Policy 600-24 and LJCPA bylaws. The purpose of 600-24 and the city-approved LJCPA’s bylaws are to identify responsibilities and to establish minimum operating procedures governing the conduct of the LJCPA when operating in its official recognized capacity. With this in mind, I read the recent article [in the La Jolla Light] written by the president of the La Jolla Community Planning Association titled “Community View: Acknowledging errors leads to improving the process” with great interest. I have concluded the article outlined “his view” not the “community view.” The LJCPA review process is broken and is not working for many reasons. Here are just two reasons as it relates to this article: 1. “Votes taken on agenda items shall reflect the positions taken by the elected or appointed positions of the planning group,” according to 600-24. On Aug. 4, by an 8 to 4 vote, the LJCPA voted to appeal [President Tony] Crisafi’s project. The president and only the president of the LJCPA is responsible to report LJCPA’s vote to the San Diego project manager in an official correspondence or a letter. This assures the LJCPA actions are included in the report to the decision makers. This was not done. 2. The president insinuated there was confusion as to who would file the LJCPA’s appeal, Crisafi, [trustee Phil] Merten or [trustee Joe] La Cava? There is no confusion, according to the San Diego appeal procedure (information bulletin 505): “When a recognized Community Planning Group (LJCPA) files an appeal, the appeal form must be signed by the current Chair or President of the applicable group.” This was not done. According to Council Policy 600-24 and the LJCPA bylaws, “In cases of alleged violations of the LJCPA bylaws or Council Policy 600-24 by a Trustee, the Board of Trustees shall conduct an investigation consistent with 600-24 and the LJCPA bylaws.” . The community view is we will wait for the results of the investigation by the board of the LJCPA trustees.

Roger Clark President, The La Jolla Association

A SQUID SUPERHIGHWAY Dear editor, With reference to your article (“Squid,” Sept. 22, Page 1) and questions on the Humboldt squid situation off La Jolla, I think I can inform you as to what is going on. Currently, there is a northern migration of small-size Humboldt squid along the Southern California coast from northern Mexico. There was reported a week ago a large group of small-size Humboldt squid off the San Diego coast, about 10 square miles, by fishing boats off San Diego. This large migration of Humboldt squid has now been reported near the oil platforms off the Orange County coast. Dr. William Gilly of the department of biological sciences and Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University is the principal scientist doing research on the Humboldt squid and its patterns of migrations. He predicted the small size of Humboldt squid in the migration north after the last two summers of studying the small-size populations in the Gulf of California. The small-size Humboldt squid are currently in the La Jolla Canyon and have been seen [recently] in the surf zone at the La Jolla Cove. I caught a live Humboldt squid at the La Jolla Cove by hand in the surf zone and, after examining it, returned it to the ocean in the reserve. [On Sept. 21] I recovered two dead Humboldt squid the same day at the La Jolla Shores beach and these are now frozen and will be sent to the laboratory of Dr. Gilly for further research work. Humboldt squid access the coast of La Jolla by upwellings through the La Jolla Canyon from offshore. In this recent migration, the upwelling was through both La Jolla Canyon and Scripps Canyon with Humboldt squid migrating to the La Jolla Cove area and the Black’s Beach area, which is north of Scripps Canyon. This has been the pattern with the Humboldt squid in La Jolla since 2005. The large strandings of Humboldt squid in 2002 were of Humboldt squid that had been dead for several days as evidenced by their discoloration (white). The 2002 Humboldt squid aggregation probably was a migration with an upwelling offshore that then died in the epipelagic zone due to very warm water. Currents transported the dead squid to the La Jolla coast. Kent D. Trego Coastal Environments Oceanography/ Center for Planetary Oceans La Jolla