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Local chiefs, city managers meet to coordinate regional response after car-week sideshows
Summary
Police chiefs, city managers and other agencies met to discuss Car Week public-safety issues after a rise in sideshows and crowding; staff said the group plans regionwide coordination for next year.
City staff said Carmel-by-the-Sea officials met with police chiefs, commanders and city managers from neighboring jurisdictions and campus police to discuss public-safety challenges during Car Week.
Staff listed attendees from Marina, Seaside, Sand City, Monterey, Pacific Grove, the County Sheriff's Office and the CSUMB Police Department. Staff described a shift in Car Week dynamics since 2018 when exotics were added to Cannery Row, saying that recent years have included more sideshows and social-media-driven activity.
"We sort of felt this seismic shift in all of our cities of additional sideshows going on," a city staff member said, describing efforts to build a regionwide response. Staff said the meeting produced a plan and that officials expect improved coordination next year.
No formal intergovernmental agreement was described in the transcript; staff described the meeting as productive and an early step toward coordinated enforcement and event management.
