Despite a March 4 release by San Diego City Council members announcing that city crews replaced seven of 28 recently removed beach-area garbage containers, some coastal residents continue their cries, asking the city to replace the remaining missing receptacles – pointing to a buildup of beachside trash. City crews took seven seagull-proof garbage cans from nearby beaches “where cans were abundant,” according to John Rivera, communications director for San Diego City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner, and replaced cans in La Jolla, Bird Rock and Ocean Beach. All together, city crews replaced five trashcans in La Jolla: at Spindrift Drive; Marine Street; 300 Sea Lane; 300 Vista de La Playa; and at Searidge Drive in Bird Rock — also known as the staircase, according to Tony Manolatos, communications director for District 2 Councilman Kevin Faulconer. In addition, city staff said the mayor’s office ordered city crews to replace two more Ocean Beach trashcans, at 5000 Santa Cruz Avenue and Bermuda Avenue, according to Manolatos. According to city staff, the mayor’s office chose sites and implemented the program. Rivera said that according to a mayoral memo, the 28 trashcans were removed to cut costs last year amid a midyear budget reduction. But city crews did not remove the beachside cans until the first week of January 2009. And then, according to the document, seven trashcans were replaced, “where the public has direct safe access to the beach below the site of the receptacle,” Rivera related. Manolatos said OB residents — nine of the 28 trashcans were originally taken from OB — continue to work with staff from Faulconer’s office in an effort to replace missing beachside garbage cans. And staff from Lightner’s office said they are working with her constituents to replace La Jolla’s missing cans — a move that should please at least one resident. “People on Camino de la Costa are very concerned because they’re still seeing trash build up,” said La Jollan Cynthia Chasan. Chasan formed a plan last month that would replace La Jolla’s missing trashcans through a state grant and use the area’s business improvement district – Promote La Jolla (PLJ) — for service. According to Chasan, the State of California froze grant funds — and La Jolla’s plan to replace its trashcans. So, a group of community leaders began meeting regarding La Jolla’s trash crisis, Chasan said. “In the Barber Tract [area] we had six removed and three replaced, but they didn’t replace any on Camino de la Costa,” Chasan said. Chasan said she continues to meet with La Jolla residents in an effort to work with city officials before the summertime, when crowds flock to La Jolla’s beaches, she said. “We got it to the 50-yard line but definitely did not hit a home run,” Chasan said. While representatives from Lightner’s office said they were working with La Jolla residents in an effort to further replace missing cans, Manolatos said his office continues to work with Ocean Beach constituents affected by that area’s missing garbage cans.