Officials plan to cite those who shun required protective gear at the city's Encino skate park. Construction of a 10-foot fence around the Pedlow Field Skate Park with a single entrance and exit is expected to be completed this week. No one will be allowed within the fenced area without the protective gear, Regan said. We believe once the people who use the skateboard park understand the rules and that we are enforcing them, it won't be a problem. It's a policy that came from a bureaucrat that didn't think it through.
Injuries are part of the sport.
It was funded by Proposition K, a bond measure passed by voters in 1996 to develop parks and open space. The apparent disregard for safety measures isn't the park's only problem. It has also been hit by graffiti and vandalism, Regan said. Skaters have also disregarded the park's operating hours. Regan said the new fence should help park rangers enforce the operating hours, noon to sundown weekdays and 9 a.m. to sundown on weekends.