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With due respect to Fishionado's opinion, I have to strongly say that he is dead wrong. I grew up in La Jolla. When I was a kid, the Casa was the place that all the kids went, especially those who loved snorkeling and prowling the tide pools. I was one of those kids. Human visitation only stopped when the politicians got involved.
I remember Christmas day 19 sixty-something. The only thing I asked for that year was a wet suit so I could snorkel year round. Santa delivered and Christmas day my parents took me to the Casa to try out my new gear.
The water was in the mid 50's but I didn't care. I put on my suit and jumpped in. I remember swimming along the big rock next to the seawall, (this rock is now mostly covered with sand). The first creature I saw was a seal lion pup, (not a seal, BTW). With its mom watching from a safe distance this pup and I swam together for a long time. I will never forget that day.
Seals and people can coexist. My guess is if the Casa is returned to its original condition, and people are allowed back on the beach, the seals will simply move back to Seal Rock a couple hundred yards away where they hung out when I was a kid. The will probably have to share the space with the native seal lions but since they do that in nature all the time, I cannot see that there will be a problem.
One of the problems here is that the people making the decisions on this subject do not have the wisdom that comes from many years of observing this site and the creatures that live there.
Bob
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