In November, La Jolla Town Council got a pitch from proponents of the San Diego Climate Action Plan, an ambitious proposal before the City to curb long-term greenhouse emissions, and heard about progress being made on the La Jolla Christmas parade and in eradicating underage drinking and drug problems in the Beach-Barber Tract. Kiera Galloway gave a slideshow presentation about global warming and the City’s draft Climate Action Plan, which seeks to convince half of the residents in urban areas to commute by transit, walking and bicycling by 2035. “The Climate Action Plan,” Galloway said, “is a roadmap for local government or business to address climate change, and the aim is to get us to 100 percent clean energy by 2035 using transit, walking and biking.” She noted that this is going to require “a big investment in changing out infrastructure to make it safe” for alternative transportation users. Galloway noted that the San Diego Climate Action Plan, which the City is expected to tackle in the near future, has “been in development for five years and gone through four different mayors,” adding that it’s been a “frustrating process.” But she noted she’s optimistic about the measure’s ultimate passage given that both current Mayor Kevin Faulconer and previous interim mayor Todd Gloria have conceptually backed the plan. Town council board member Ann Kerr-Bache, who’s spearheaded the annual La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival for years, noted that “We need donations so the Grinch doesn’t ruin Christmas.” She added the 58th annual parade and holiday festival, set for Sunday, Dec. 6, will include pony rides and Kung Fu Panda from the animation of the same name. Kerr-Bache also noted positive developments in efforts by Beach-Barber Tract neighbors who’ve been lobbying police, lifeguards and the City to beef up patrols at La Jolla pocket beaches to curb underage drinking and drug abuse. “I would like to thank San Diego Police Northern Division and the San Diego Lifeguards Beach Patrol, as they are breaking through to get to the right (offenders) through increased surveillance,” Kerr-Bache said. “I would like to make a motion that LJTC support sending a letter supporting that effort,” she added. Town Council president Steve Haskins said the advisory group’s sea lion committee has been meeting with public officials at length to discuss continuing problems associated with the increasing number of sea lions at the Cove and elsewhere in La Jolla. “We may even be having a special meeting soon,” said Haskins, to discuss alternative solutions to dissuading marine mammals from frequenting La Jolla beaches.