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In March of 2020, the Laguna Beach City Council approved a new $1 million resident-serving program called the "Neighborhood & Environmental Protection Plan" to mitigate visitor impacts to neighborhoods, enhance City services for residents, and add environmental protection programs.
The $1M program is funded 100% by visitors through the City’s Parking Fund and Measure LL Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenues.
Effective July 15, 2021:
- Single-use plastic food ware is prohibited on Laguna Beach trails, parks, and beaches
- No restaurant distribution of single-use to-go containers, including plastic take-out bags and utensil sleeves
- No feeding of wild birds in City Parks
- No large shade structures on beaches to preserve public safety sightlines
- No storage of bicycles on Main Beach and Heisler Park
- Expanding prohibition of abandonment of personal property in public spaces
- Non-coastal community parks to close at 10:00 p.m.