About Us

Mission Statment

The La Jolla Conservancy’s mission is to preserve, restore, and enhance coastal resources. Our desire is to be a vehicle for accomplishing meaningful improvement within the public domain.

Objectives

Facilitate and coordinate restoration, enhancement,improvement, and acquisition of coastal resources.
Improve the public’s knowledge of and access to sensitive coastal resources in order to promote their conservation for the use and enjoyment of future generations.
Promote understanding and provide educational programs which further the communities understanding of its unique cultural and coastal resources.
Pursue the designation and preservation of coastal access paths along the shoreline.
Identify threatened historical, cultural, or architecturally significant coastal resources which would benefit from preservation, restoration, enhancement, acquisition on development.
Establish goals for the conservation of these resources
Identify public or private community bodies or individuals with an interest in these Community resources and assist or work in concert with them to fulfill specified goals and to gain access to grants and other funding sources.

Brief History

The La Jolla Conservancy (LJC) was established by residents of San Diego to provide an organization focused on protection and enhancement of our coastal resources. The La Jolla Conservancy is a 501c3, publicly supported charitable organization, dedicated to accomplishing this goal by developing consensus from within the community to determine what is appropriate when change is being considered. Its members include professionals in law, planning, design, construction and financial planning. They are dedicated to helping the general public understand the issues and the accepted methods for being proactive participants.

LJC was formed with guidance from the State Coastal Conservancy, the agency that was created after California voters approved the California Coastal Act in 1976. That agency was mandated by the citizens to care for California's important coastal resources. One of the methods which they have used to help accomplish that goal, it encourages the formation of local conservancies such as the LJC, whose members are more aware of local conditions, history and needs. To date LJC has worked closely with the State Coastal Conservancy on a number of local projects.

The La Jolla Conservancy can take the lead to carry out projects supported by the community, or assist other groups who have identified a particular need to assume the lead role. We advise on the methods to achieve goals and assist with scheduling, budgeting and financing. Our board members have expertise in these fields and are prepared to work with individuals and organizations who garner community support for their coastal projects. In that role we encourage people to refer to existing accepted planning documents when they are looking for validation for their ideas on coastal zone enhancements In the La Jolla area we consider those documents to be as follows:

Local Coastal Program – 1983
La Jolla Design Charrette and Workshop – 1988
La Jolla Preliminary Coastline Plan – March 1989
La Jolla Downtown Master Plan – 1990
La Jolla Community Plan – 2004