The council action followed a busy weekend in Newport Beach as thousands of visitors sought to escape the Southern California heatwave.
The Newport Beach City Council on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have closed its beaches for three consecutive weekends in May.
“The vast majority of the beach visitors this weekend were practicing social distancing, but many were not,” the city said in its statement.The sudden increase in visitors generated significant stress to neighborhoods, as all city parking lots in the beach areas remain closed. The Oceanfront Boardwalk, Newport and Balboa piers, and the Wedge beach area are also still closed.
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