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Resident urges Encinitas to adopt engine‑idling ordinance like other California cities
Summary
A long‑time Encinitas resident urged the commission to pursue an anti‑idling ordinance, citing other California cities with rules and local observations of frequent idling; she left a city‑code list and offered to help the commission review local options.
Shirley Klein, a long‑time Encinitas resident, told the commission she found several California cities—Cupertino, Fullerton, Dublin, Fountain Valley, Palm Desert, Placer County, Sacramento, Palo Alto and Santa Cruz—already have anti‑idling rules, and she urged Encinitas to consider similar measures and public education campaigns.
Klein described common local behavior such as drivers idling while on phones, eating or waiting for passengers and recounted conversations with utility drivers who acknowledged they were not thinking about idling. She cited an estimated statewide contribution of 2,700,000 tons of carbon dioxide and 270,000,000 gallons of fuel from vehicle idling, and asked the commission to consider public‑service announcements and a local ordinance limiting idling at destinations.
Klein said she compiled city codes for the commission’s review and left the materials with staff. No formal action was taken at the meeting; the remarks were recorded as public input for staff and the commission to consider during future work‑plan or outreach efforts.
