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Good evening ladies and gentlemen of the Chula Vista City Council.
You may remember me addressing the Council 9 weeks ago. My concern then, and my concern now is about the ever increasing noise at Chula Vista’s Bayfront Park (that’s the park at the extreme end of J street.)
In spite of my documenting the continuing problems with car clubs meeting almost every weekend day, Saturday, Sunday and often the Friday before, all coming with the concomitant noise and loud amplified music, the mayhem continues.
Mayor McCann, after our last meeting, you kindly referred me to speaking with Captain Henry Martin after my presentation. Captain Martin and | had a congenial and illuminating discussion for almost 45 minutes. He explained that he would redouble the Police Department’s commitment to patrolling the park.
In spite of this, the craziness continues, and has actually increased.
On Sunday, April 24, 2024, more than 75 “vintage” cars and more than 50 motorcycles started streaming into the park around noon. | called CVPDand was on hold for more than 22 minutes. | hung up and called Captain Martin’s cell phone, and found there was no way to leave a message. | called CVPDagain and after being on hold for another 5 minutes, the dispatcher said they would send a patrol to check.
This is acomplete waste of time for the CVPD. The problem is obviously NOT being solved, because the Chula Vista Municipal Code 2.66.285, referenced below, is not being enforced. It seems that only when people perceive that the park is NOT the place for amplified music, and loud back-firing cars, and motorcycles racing into and out of the park, THEN the CVPDcan use their valuable time for other activities.
believe a “park” should be a place where people can escape from constant noise of the “city”. NOT a place where that noise can be amplified.
Tuesday; June 11, 2024
John Kalpus (619) 871-6592
john@johnkalpus. com
These car rallies disturb not only the people in the marina, many of whom only visit their boats on the weekend, but also disturb the surrounding communities including the wildlife that actually lives in the park.
As recently as this morning, someone felt it was OK to set off a pyrotechnic rocket from the park at 4: 57AM. The entire area was awakened by the explosion.
NO ONE HEREwould tolerate that happening in their community. It should never be tolerated in a public park.
Suggestions:
1. The park is supposed to be “closed” from 10: 30PM at night until 6: 00AM the next morning. ( Ensuring the gates to the park are actually closed and locked each and every night should preclude any nefarious activities.)
2. Over the next few weeks, regularly patrol the park starting with Friday evenings as well as Saturday and Sundays. Issue citations as necessary until the people who don’t care about the community finally get the message that peace and quiet is our inalienable right.
Finally, I’m keenly aware of the staffing shortfalls ofthe CVPD. I’ve heard the Mayor announce that this is a key priority. This is exactly why we need to SOLVE the problem and not simply kick the proverbial VERYLOUD can down the road.
Respectfully submitted,
John Kalpus
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
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Amplified noise.
Except when authorized pursuant to a permit
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of emission, ( Ord. 3422 § 1, 2074; Ord. 2651 § 4,
1995; Ord. 2172 § 2, 1986).
The Chula Vista Municipal Code is current
through Ordinance 3543, passed February
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PS: See attached sheets documenting some of the repeated acts of mayhem at Bayfront Park, Chula Vista, since March 29, 2024 to June 11, 2024. Note: these are just SOME of the occurrences of disturbances in the park.
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DOCUMENTED NOISE & MAYHEM AT CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT PARK
Current as of Friday, March 29, 2024
Compiled by John Kalpus, a tenant at the Safe Harbor Marina; Friday evening, March 29, 2024, ~ 9PM; for about the past 30 minutes there has been a constant low-frequency booming coming from Bayfront Park, probably a car; noise greatly escalated around 10:00 when lots of very loud POP, POP, POPnoiseswere heard. | originally thought it was gunfire, but when | emerged from my boat it was clear these were car RACING around the parking lot producing lots of engine backfires and burning rubber pollution! There were ~ 30-40 cars participating, maybe more. | called CVPD and asked them to immediately send patrols over to stop the mayhem and catch the culprits. Afew moments into my call, the dispatcher put me on hold for more than 5 minutes. | eventually hung up and started to video the craziness. By that time the cars were starting to make their way out of the park, racing along the exit road and producing lost more mayhem, backfires and smoke from burning rubber.
Monday evening, March 25, 2025, “11:30PM - some car doing “donuts” around the parking lot for about 30 minutes.
Saturday morning, March 16, 2024, 11:30. The car clubs once again showed up at Bayfront Park and started erecting their pop-ups. Around noon, with about 50+ people in attendance and dozensof cars, the music once again started. This time not so loud. Also, the car with a police siren arrived around 1: 40PM. This particular car is one of several with side- mounted police sirenswhich they useto announce their arrival and departure from the “park”.
Monday morning, early, March 11, 2024: screeching tires at 01:30; more screeching tires at 0330
Saturday evening, March 9, 2024: car club noise started at 5:30PM. | called CVPDat 10:30PM and they allegedly sent out a patrol. | used ear plugs to get to sleep. | awoke around 12:30 and the noise had stopped.
Saturday morning, March 2, 2014 10:00; the start of another group of car clubs setting up ~ 10 pop-ups; loud, amplified music; 100+ people parking everywhere; party continued until almost 6:00PM, sundown. Then the usual revving engines, loud exhausts of cars racing out of the park.
Thursday evening, February 29, 2024, ~ 11:00 - 11:30PM, loud screechingtires in the Bayfront Parkparking lot; booming music for 30 min.
Sunday morning, early, Feb 4, 2024, 02:27: loud screeching tires from Bayfront Park; noise lasted ~ 20 minutes; no call.
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Friday, February 2, 2024 01:27AM; loud screechingtires from Bayfront Park; noise lasted ~ 20 minutes; no call.
Friday, January 26, 2024 10:12PM; called CVPDafter EXTREMELYloud music and bassthumping coming from Bayfront Park. Thumping started several hours ago and became hugely amplified after 10PM.
Sunday, November 19, 2023 12:00 VERYloud amplified music and more than 100 “classic” cars in the parking lot. | left the marina and returned around 2PM and found 2 groups of people both with amplified music pumping out music; now there are several hundred cars parked everywhere, including the fire zones. Called CVPD.
Saturday, November 18, 2023 Very loud amplified noise started around 4:30PM, then continues until after 6PM.
Sunday, November 5, 2023 Somesort of birthday party with popups, balloons, amplified music, and assorted traffic; starting before noon for several hours.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 Amplified music coming from Bayfront Park; car clubs; pop-ups; started at 0800. Called CVPD at 10:14 and the dispatcher said she would send someone out.
CVPDtexted me at 6:30PMand said they had taken care of the problem, albeit more than 8 hours after | called!
Saturday, October 28, 2023 Amplified music coming from Bayfront Park (lots of pop-ups). | returned from shopping at 3:30 to the noise. At 5:02PMstill going on.
Saturday, September 30, 2023 Amplified music coming from Bayfront Park (NOTthe car people) starting at noon. | returned home at 6:30PMand it’s STILLgoing on. Grrrrr.
Saturday, May 22, 2021; Noonish; about 2 dozen or more people are now in the park with amplified music blasting out; lots of car noise, etc. It’s now 4:14PMand no sign of the noise abating. All we can really head at the marina is the thump, thump, thump of the bass. VERY annoying!
Friday, May 21, 2021; 10:30PM, about 2 dozen or more cars now squealing their tires around the parking lot in Bayfront Park. Amplified music coming from car radios, and people talking very loudly. Called CVPD.
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Sunday, May 16, 2021; around 8:30AMthe car clubs started erecting their pop-ups and the LOUD music started soon thereafter. Cars and trucks and motorcycles started amassing in the parking lot around 11: 30AM and the noise was greatly amplified. There were well over 100+ cars, two DJswith amplifiers and generators; lots of personal car audios blasting out, especially loud basswoofers. Ugh. Called CVPDaround 10:15AM to report loud noise. After about 30 minutes the music levels dropped noticeably. | left the around 11:30; when | returned several hours later the noise was MUCH LOUDER! | drove over to the site and EVERYparking spot was packed, all the red-painted fire lanes blocked with cars, and there were several pop-ups selling food. The noise didn’t stop until around 8:00PM.
Sunday, April 25, 2021; once again the car clubs have taken over the grassy area just abeam the marina; loud music, screeching tires, etc.
Saturday, April 24, 2021; again car clubs stated meeting at noon and the noise ensued; loud generators, amplified music, screeching tires; noise continued until well after 9: 00PM! Sunday, April 18, 2021; car clubs stated meeting at noon and the noise ensued.
Saturday, April 17, 2021; car clubs stated meeting at noon and the noise ensued.
Sunday, April 11, 2021; car clubs stated meeting at noon and the noise ensued; neighbor Muzzy called CVPDaround 4:30PM; noise didn’t stop until well after 8PM.
Sunday, February 28, 2021, 7: 51PM, loud, thumping noise STILLcoming from Bayfront park; this has been going on since before NOON; called CVPD 7: 52PM.
Sunday, February 28, 2021, 5:16; like yesterday, car clubs started gathering in the park before noon; when | returned to the marina at 4:00PM, the party was still going on! Sunday morning, February 28, 2021; 2:30AM- 3:30AM!! Loud, thumping music coming from several cars in the park; also several loud exhaustscan be heard from carsspeeding into and out of the park.
Saturday, February 27, 2021, 4:52PM; car groups have been partying in the park since 11:30AM! Called CVPDat 4:52PM; neighbor Scott Muzzy caller earlier.
Sunday, February 21, 2021 7: 05PM; 5-6 pop-ups along the grass; loud, amplified music and lots of thumping bass; finally called CVPDsincethis had been going on since noon! Thursday, February 18, 2021 2: 56AM; one or two cars now doing donuts in the parking lot of Bayfront Park; woke me up and called CVPD.
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Sunday, January 24, 2021; approx. 5: 01PM: hundreds of cars, yes, hundreds, and several hundred people in the parking lot watching some event (| couldn’t get closeto seewhat was going on due to so many people!); cars everywhere, including a taco truck parked in the fire lane on the south side; all lanes were jammed with no way anyone could launch or recover a boat from the launch ramp; called CVPD 5:01.
Sunday, January 24, 2021; approx 8:26PM: called CVPDagain due to crowd getting bigger and louder.
Sunday, January 24, 2021; approx 8: 46PM, called CVPD again; they finally arrived and cleared out the park.
Sunday, January 24, 2021; approx 9: 44PM. called CVPD again; after the PD left, an hour later more cars came back.
Sunday, January 24, 2021; approx 12:00AM (midnight); several car now doing “donuts” in the parking lot, then screaming out the road to the street.
Sunday, January 24, 2021; approx 8:30PM, approx 5-10 car doing donuts in the parking lot and then racing up and down the road leading to the launch ramp; called CVPD; three cars showed up and cleared out the lot; 10 minutes after they departed, 10-15 other cars sped back into the lot.
Sunday, January 24, 2021, 5: 00PM; approx 200 cars and even MORE people having some sort of non-socially- distanced event at the launch ramp; so many car and people that we were unable to actually drive to the launch ramp due to many car and taco-trucks parked in the red zones; called CVPD.
Friday, January 9, 2021 9: 02PM Lots of the usual car noise in the park; Scott Muzzy calls the CVPD.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 7: 58PM, first call to DVPD about dozens of cars racing into and out of the parking lot.
8: 33PM, Called CVPD again due to increasing noise and cars. 9:19PM, CalledCVPDagain and this time 5 cars responded and watched asthe cars filed out of the parking lot, and sped noisy down Marina Parkway.
Friday, December 26 ( Christmas), 2020 ~02:30 AM; more cars doing donuts in the J Street launch ramp parking lot.
Friday, December 25 ( Christmas), 2020 ~9:30 PM;
Perhaps10 or more cars racing loudly up and down the road leading into the J Street launch ramp park; CVPDcalled.
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Monday, December 21, 2020 7: 51PM
Several cars racing up and down the road leading into the J Street launch ramp; lots of noise.
Saturday, Dec 5, 2020, ~ 2: 07PM
Several dozen lo-riders in the parking lot of the JStreet LaunchRamp; doing donuts in the parking lot, burning rubber, making LOTSof noise; no one wearing masks, called CVPD.
Sunday, November 29, 2020 ~ 2: 00PM
Hundreds of people gathered at the launch ramp park, NO mask-wearing; LOUD, THUMPING music; lo-riders parked everywhere, including the REDFIREzones.
CVPD called around 2: 30PM.
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2020 “ 8: 50PM
Several cars racing up and down the road leading into the launch ramp area Monday morning, 0415AM
Two cars doing “donuts” in the parking lot of the launch ramp area Sunday, November 15, 2020 9:30- 1045PM, several cars raving engines and racing up and down the road into the launch ramp area.
Saturday, October 24, 2020, 8:30 pm
Severalcars doing “donuts “ in the launch ramp area now.
Friday, Oct 23, 2020 9:31
Severalcars now doing “donuts” speeding around the parking lot in the JStreet launch ramp park. Ugh!
Thursday evening, October 15, 2020, 8: 50PM
Severalcars now speeding up and down the road into the park; squealingtires and burning rubber; Jeesh!!!
Thursday evening, September 10, 10: 32PM ... loud squealing tires in the parking lot at the launch ramp. Stopped after approx. 15 minutes.
Tuesday evening, September 2, 2020, 10: 05PM
Someone has parked their car in the park and is playing loud music, with booming bass.
Work me up and stayed awake for 40 minutes until the music stopped. Ugh.
Thursday evening, 9: 16PM, fireworks in the park??
Tuesday night, August 25, 2020, 10: 35PM again, several cars are now squealing tires and doing donuts in the parking lots. LOTSof burning rubber, noise and mayhem! | call the CVPD department and lodged a complaint.
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Saturday, August 22. 2020 3:00PM Hundreds of people congregating in the park, almost NO ONE wearing a mask, with 100+ cars blocking all the fire lanes; LOUD, booming DJwith 4 speakerspointed in all directions. Calledthe CVPDaround 3:14PMcomplaining of noise and asserting to the blockage of all the fire lanes. It was almost impossible to drive into the park becauseof all the people milling around and cars zipping down the road leading to the park.
Around 6PM the noise abated.
Thursday evening, Aug 6, 2020, 9: 15pm; several cars are now squealing tires and doing donuts in the parking lots. LOTSof burning rubber, noise and mayhem! | call the CVPDdepartment and lodged a complaint.
Wednesday evening, Aug 5, 2020; 7: 30PM more than a 100 cars started assembling at the park next to the launch ramp. About 100+ plus cars started assembling in the park next to the launch ramp; squealing tires, burning rubber, make loud noises; | walked over to the park around 10:30PMand found 3 CVPDsquad carswith light flashing. | talked with them for 20 minutes.
Very disappointed at their lackadaisical response. They said they always closed the gate to the park at 1OPM. This seemed unbelievable to me because there have been numerous times in the past few months when | have heard car squealing tires at 3am! Early Sunday morning, Aug 2, 2020 0300; several loud explosions ( fireworks?) in the park.
Saturday evening, July 26, 2020 ~ 6: 15PM: several cars doing “ donuts” in the parking lot; ‘ round and ‘round and ‘round; also more loud, thumping music coming from a car.
Saturday evening, July 25, 2020 7:30PM ... Loud, booming music coming from the southern end of the parking lot; can’t tell if it’s from a car or an external amp; seems way too loud to be coming from a car; seems to end around 8: 54PM.
Tuesdayevening, July 21, 8:45PMmultiple cars are now doing high-speed “donuts” in the parking lot next to the Harbor PoliceStation, the secondtime TODAY!! Tuesdayevening, July 21, 5:17PM; multiple cars are now doing high-speed “donuts” in the parking lot next to the Harbor PoliceStation.
Monday night, July 20, 2020 9:3PM; multiple fireworks and “pops” from the parking area overlooking the old power plant site; loud bassnotes coming from the same area.
Sunday, July 19, 2020 10:15PM - several (4) loud explosions (fireworks??), and squealing tires; called CVPD.
Saturday, June 27, 2020 8: 00PM, several cars racing around the parking lot, squealing tires, revving engines, etc. Lots of noise. Continuing noise and racing cars at 8:32. Called the CVOD at 8:32 PM.
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Saturday, June 27, 4:40PM, very loud (sub-woofer) bassbooming coming from some car at the launch ramp area. It’s impossible to identify the source. Ugh. The noise finally stopped around 6:40PM.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:46PM, noise of multiple cars doing “donuts” in the parking area of the Marina Park.
Saturday, June 13, 2020 13:38
Came back to Prudence after running errands and heard LOUD amplified music coming once againfrom the grassyarea next to the launch ramp. | can see dozensand dozensof cars parked along the waterfront, and 6-8 pop-ups with groups of people milling around. | called the CVPD at 1:38 and lodged a complaint. The dispatcher who answered my call seemed somewhat confused and said she’d have to asksomeone asto what could be done. This is in stark contrast to the many other times I’vecalled and the dispatcher always saidthey'd send an officer out to check. It’s now 2:21 and they’re usingthe PAto scream something out to the assembled masses. Constant drumming of music in the background.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
1600 loud noise from a radio, screeching tires from cars and loud revving engines once again from the J Street launch ramp. | drove over there and found ! 40+ vintage cars in the parking lot, dozensof people ( none wearing masks). This went on until around 6:20 when | called the CVPDseveral times, letting the phone ring dozensof times for a dispatcher, all to no avail. No one answered any of my three calls. Now it’s 6:30 and the music is actually getting louder.
Thursday, May 21, 2020, 9: 040M
Severalcars are now doing “donuts” in the parking lot of the launch ramp on JStreet! Lots of noise and the smell of burning rubber. Eventhough the park is officially “closed” except for boat launches, many cars have been observed entering the park and making lots of noise and disturbing the peace.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Around 1600, a lone male set upa little disco on the back side of the Harbor Police building next to the launch ramp. He’s got his phone plugged into a “boom box” and is blasting out musictowards the marina. Not only is the park supposed to be CLOSEDdue to Covid-19, but no one is supposed to be IN the park, let alone causing a disturbance. Called the CVPD and lodged a complaint. The dispatched said she’d send a car ASAP. Yikes, one of the only benefits of being sequestered at home is that the park is no longer a source of constant noise. Except for today.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
12:00 ( noon) Came back to CYMto the sounds of music once again blasting from the grassy area south of the Harbor PoliceStation at the JStreet Launch Ramp. There are about 6 pop-ups and dozensof people milling around. There’s also a generator making its own noise. Called CVPDat 12:45 and the music stopped within 5 minutes for 20 minutes, then back on at 1:05PM.
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Sunday, Feb 16, 2020 9: 05PM
At least 50+ cars speeding up and down the road to the J Street launch ramp. A number of them were doing donuts in the parking lot for 10+ minutes before | called CVPD. from the J Street launch ramp; screeching tires, racing up and down the entrance to the launch ramp; called CVPDat 9:05 to report the disturbance.
Saturday evening, January 18, 2020
From about Noon to 5:30+ loud music and generator coming from the grassyarea south of the launch ramp. It was a private party of ~30-4- people with pop-ups. There was a salsaband playing with amps powered by the noisy “Predator” generator. The genset was positioned on the back-side of the restroom building, directly facing the marina. Ugh. Calledthe CVPDaround 3PM to lodge a disturbing the peacecomplaint.
Sunday evening, January 12, 2020, around 4: 30PM - another car was doing donuts in the parking lot of the launch ramp.
Sunday morning, January 12, 2020, early, around 1:30AP - a LOUD car was speeding up and down the road leading to the launch ramp.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
The car club once again set up their popups (~6) AND a LOUDgenerator. Announcements and LOUD music continued to well past 6PM. Found out my neighbor, Scott Muzzy, called CVPD around 6PM and they sent a police car to curb the noise.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
12:00 noon - start of loud, thumping music from grassy area next to Harbor Police Station.
Sunday, October 27, 2019, 9: 30PM
Severalcars doing “donuts” in the launch-ramp parking lot; lots of noise and burning rubber smoke.
Saturday, October 26, 2019, 9: 30PM
Severalcars doing “donuts” in the launch-ramp parking lot; lots of noise and burning rubber smoke.
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 10:00 — 9: 09PM
Loud, thumping noise from party at the Marina Park, just off of JStreet.
Sunday, October 13, 2019: 12:00 - 6:00 PM
Pounding music from Marina Park, J Street
Saturday, October 12, 2019:
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
2112: loud, thumping music coming from the launch ramp area.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
1130 start - loud thumping music and amplified PSsystem from the grassyarea.
Sunday, September 22, 2019 Noon -
Loud music from party on the grassy area. Booming BASSfrom music system.
Still booming at 6PM; called CVPD
Still booming at 7PM; called CVPDagain
Still booming at 8PM; called CVPDagain... finally stopped around 8:15PM! Saturday, September 21, 2019; 7:55PM
Loud explosions (~ 8) possibly firecrackers or gunshots. Called CVPD.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
9:45 Many pop-ups in the usual area south of the PoliceStation; loud, thumping noise and PA system. Called CVPD11:38; they said they’d dispatch an officer. Returned to CYM1:30PM, noise louder than ever. The parking lot at the launch ramp is now overloaded with vintage cars and low-riders. cars parked along all the red curbs aswell as cars parks on the actual launch ramp itself.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Party with multiple pop-ups on the grassy area north of the launch ramp.
NOamplified music/PA so it was really had to know they were even there! Yeah!
Thursday evening, September 12, 2019
9:30 PM
Multiple cars (>10) squealing tires and doing “donuts” in the parking lot around the J Street launch ramp. Also, cars racing up and down the street leading to the launch ramp.
Called CVPD 9: 31PM.
Sunday morning, Sept 8, 7:15...
Once again about 6 "pop-ups" are being erected with loud generator sound, and lound thumping" noise from speakers ... CallsCVPD7:30AM.
Saturday, September 7, 2019 9:06
Perhaps 50+ cars are doing “ donuts” in the parking lot of the launch ramp and spinning our and making lots of noise and burning rubber.
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Saturday, August 31, 2019...
Noisefrom amplified music system with ANNOUNCERstarting at 0830, grassyarea south of the Police Station next to the launch ramp.
Saturday, August 24 ...
Motorcycle event at park starting at 0830 and continuing all day. LOTSof loud motorcycle sounds.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Loud, thumping music started around 1800 from a car in the park.
Called CV Police around 10:30 about cars squealing tires and doing do-nuts by the launch ramp.
Almost immediately a CVpolice car arrived and intercepted.
Saturday, June 29, 2019...
Music and loud PA started at 10:00 and continued well past 18:00.
CVvintage car party. Very loud music and PA. | called CV Police around noon they said it was a permitted” party.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
The car club called Life in San Diego set up about 10 pop-ups AND the music starts blaring at 7:30am. | called CVPDsoon thereafter and the dispatcher said someone would be sent out.
By0900 the music had been turned waaay down. | drove over to the park and took a photo of the setup. | left the area around 11:30 and returned at 6: 30PM and the whole area was now FULLof cars, including cars blocking the entire launch ramp. There was loud music STILLcoming from the area.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Around 11: 00AM more thumping music from the same area of the park. | left CV and when | returned 2 hours later, the noise had stopped.
Sunday, April 28, 2019
11:00 Several “pop-up’s of undetermined origin, and loud, thumping music starts.
I’m departing at 2:00 for the airport).
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Loud, amplified music started at north end of park; several pop-up tents and PA announcements.
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Saturday, Aug 4, 2018
CarClub, popups, generator and lots of LOUDmusic starting at 0900. Calledpolice around 0930 and they came out and the music was decreaseda LOT; then around 11:00 it came back up. | called CVPD again and met two officers at the park and we talked about what to do. They said they could issue a Citizen’s Arrest, and then I’d have to go to court. They then suggested they talk to the people first. | agreed and the noise stayed bad all day until around 1830. Loud music, PA announcements,
August 9, 2018
Angela Gaines, Community Relations from CVPD called to discuss noise problem. She suggests documenting each and every nuisance and THENget backto her.
Saturday, Aug 18, 2018
8-10 popups, generator, loud music started at 10: 00AM
Called CVPD1053 and they reminded me it is HarborFest! (1didn’t know it was ALSOat the launch ramp).
Saturday, Sept 22, 2018
10-15 pop-ups at the SWcorner of the mole; LOTSof cars, LOUDmusic and PAsystem announcing some sort of raffle.
Sunday, Sept 23, 2018
5-10 popups next to the Police Station; music started at 0900.
Saturday, Sept 29, 2018
10-15 popups on the north side of the park; music and PAstarting at noon ( moderate irritation).
Sundayevening, April 7, 2019 ~7PM, LOTSof loud rap music coming from the same area; Barry Joshuanoticed it around 6:50 and call CVPD. He alerted me when | arrived home at 7PM. As | walked down Cdock the music was actually noticeably turned UP. | called CVPDaswell.
Saturday, April 13, 2019 Thumping music started at 10:30 and continued well past 19:00 from multiple pop-ups.
Sunday, April 14, 2019 Thumping music started at 0800 and continued until ~1900.
Thursday, April 18, 9:53PM — about two dozen carsspinning their wheels in the parking lot for at least 10-20 minutes, making a LOT of noise and smoke. Called CVPD and they said they had another call and would send a car when “available”. Yuck! 11 460 Note: “ CYM” refers to the California Yacht Marina, now known as Safe Harbor Southbay — the 461 marina nearest to Bayfront Parkand the launch ramp. 462
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DOCUMENTED NOISE & MAYHEM AT CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT PARK
Current as of Friday, March 29, 2024, to Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Compiled by John Kalpus, a tenant at the Safe Harbor Marina.
Tuesday morning, early, 4: 57AM, June 11, 2024: Was awakened, startled really, by a very loud noise of a rocket screeching into the air and then a very loud explosion emanating from Bayfront Park. Thought about calling CVPDbut realized they couldn’t get here in time to do anything about it.
Sunday, June 9, 2024, 12: 45PM - vintage cars and motorcycles started arriving in Bayfront Park, taking their “usual” spots. Approx 2 dozen cars and a dozen anda half motorcycles + other cars.
Loud, amplified music started soon thereafter and continuing until around 7:15PMthat evening. Also, for several hours late in the evening, aVERYloud sub-woofer could be heard all around the marina. VERYannoying!
Saturday, June 1, 2024: Around noonish, the car clubs were back in force at the same spot in Bayfront Park. The noise was tolerable for a while then it increased asthe day wore on. Finally, around 7PM, the car clubs went home. Additionally, there was also another group in the north end of the park, with a DJand loudspeakers. THATwas almost unbearable. That music started afternoon, and around 5PM | drove over to the park and walked over to the group on the north end. | asked them to turn the music down, and they were very polite, told me they had a permit, and said the event would be over by 7PM. | left the area and returned a bit after 7PM, and most of the disturbance had stopped.
Friday evening, May 31, 2024: the loud BOOMINGof a very, very deep bassstarted around 7PM, and increased until ~ 8:30 when more than a hundred people, dozens of cars and motorcycles, and even a taco truck with amplified music became SO annoying | called CVPD.
The first call didn’t pick up for 14 minutes, so | called back again, and again | was simply put ina queue for 6 minutes. | called back and this time didn’t even get in a queue, staying on the line for ~ 5 minutes. | called back again, and a female dispatcher picked up the call. | explained the situation, and, to paraphrase, she said, “Chula Vista has a noise ordinance, but it doesn’t take effect until 10PM.” | said, “They’re disturbing the peace, and have been for almost 2 hours now!” Told here | spoke to the CVCity Council and was then referred to Captain Henry Martin of the CVPD. HEtold me to mention his name when | called. Now the dispatcher said they'll send a unit when available. The noise didn’t really abate for several more hours.
Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26, Monday, May 28, 2024: all three days the grassy area in Bayfront Parkwas FULLof car clubs and motorcycles, amplified music, etc., well into the evening
Wednesday evening, May 29, 2024, 10:13PM, two cars burning rubber around the Bayfront Park parking lot
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77 Sundaymorning, May 19, 2024, 10:28AM; ~ 6 pop-ups ( so far) erected in Bayfront Park, and amplified music blasting; called CVPD 10: 36AM
Tuesdaymorning, May 14, 2044, early, 0100, single car burning rubber in parking lot of Bayfront Park
Wednesday morning, May 15, 2024, early, 0100, single car burning rubber in parking lot of Bayfront Park
Saturday evening, May 4, 2024, ~5PM: loud amplified music coming from a part in the north grassyarea of Bayfront Park; still going on at 7:15PM; finally stopped around 8PM. Thank goodness!
Wednesday evening, May 1, ~7PM: what! assumeis a marching band with LOTSof drummers is now practicing in the pack. Yikes! | went out for groceries at 7PM and returned at 8:20 and they’re still at it.
Thursday evening, April 18, 9: 29PM; three cars parked with loud, booming music and talking Sundaynoonish, April 14; ~75+ cars and more than 50 very loud, mostly HDmotorcycles amassingin the park; lots of cars and motorcycles screaming around the parking lot, parked in the red fire lane; called CVPDand was put on hold for 22+ minutes; hung up and called Captain Martin’s CVPD phone number; no answer and NO message box set up; called CVPD again and the dispatcher took the call and said she’s send units when available. | left the marina for the day and returned around 5PM to find that most of the cars and motorcycles had left; several dozen had simply re-located to the southern parking at the park, overlooking the water; still, lots of sound music and car exhausts; many cars and motorcycle blasting their exhausts while departing.
Friday evening, April 12, 2024, 7: 23PM more explosions/ fireworks in Bayfront Park.
Tuesday evening, April 2, 2024, 7: 30PM - several cars screeching around the parking lots for 15 minutes. Then, fireworks were then launched exploding in the sky over the trees. Called CVPD.