San Diego police say a suspect has been recognized in a spree of “Slow down” messages spray-painted on a number of streets in Bird Rock, although an investigation is continuous.
An area resident submitted images to the Police Department reportedly exhibiting the thriller painter, and the division instantly began an investigation, in response to SDPD Lt. Matt Botkin.
“The person involved has been identified,” Botkin mentioned, although he added the investigation shouldn’t be over.
“Once the investigation has been completed, we will be able to determine next steps,” he mentioned.
Last month, residents reported that the phrases “Slow down” had been painted on space streets, together with La Jolla Boulevard.
A variation of the recent “Slow down” messaging is placed on the road close to a roundabout in Bird Rock.
(Ashley Mackin-Solomon)
Some commenters on social media known as the messaging and its creator “pathetic” and one other mentioned “I speed up when I see them.”
But Bird Rock Community Council President Joe Terry mentioned the writings point out “some people in the community think we have a speeding issue.”
Though Bird Rock has a Maintenance Assessment District for care of the neighborhood’s public areas past what the town of San Diego supplies — together with landscaping and litter elimination — the graffiti is on the road and thus must be eliminated by the town.
San Diego spokesman Anthony Santacroce mentioned the town “has worked to abate the graffiti on the roadway in Bird Rock just as fast as it appears … to ensure that the spray paint and its content are no longer visible.”
Terry mentioned the matter had been reported on the town’s Get It Done app and agreed that “the city cleans them up very quickly.”
However, he mentioned, “almost as quickly, someone was back painting over what the city had done.”
Santacroce mentioned “continuous graffiti and vandalism of this sort [puts] more strain on city resources.”
Bird Rock resident Harry Bubbins launched a petition drive in 2022 aiming to have the 35 mph pace restrict decreased on La Jolla Boulevard because it winds into Bird Rock. The petition has since been submitted to the town for consideration.
Bubbins, who’s now president of the La Jolla Community Planning Association, instructed the La Jolla Light that the “Slow down” message “speaks to the dangerous conditions that exist from speeding drivers and the widespread local perception of a need to address it, especially the 35 mph speed from Pacific Beach as you pass Tourmaline Surfing Park and approach Bird Rock Elementary School.”
However, Terry mentioned different visitors points are of equal or better concern.
“Many people think stop signs are optional,” Terry mentioned. “People on [La Jolla] Boulevard don’t know they need to yield to cross traffic.”
He known as that an “equal-opportunity problem” amongst drivers starting from “young people on e-bikes to those that are old enough to know better.”
Anyone with details about the “Slow down” portray or different visitors points can attend BRCC conferences, that are held at 6 p.m. the primary Tuesday of every month at Bird Rock Elementary School. Learn extra at birdrockcc.org. ◆
