Rip Currents, a $9 Billion Budget Vote, and a Hit-and-Run Case Awaiting Its Day in Court
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The National Weather Service issued a Beach Hazards Statement Tuesday morning covering all San Diego County coastal areas through 10:00 PM Thursday. Life-threatening rip currents are likely, with surf running 3 to 5 feet Tuesday and sets to 6, building to 4 to 6 feet Wednesday. Water temperature at La Jolla is 63 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit. The advisory is unambiguous: stay out of the water unless swimming directly in front of a lifeguard tower.
Rip currents are easily underestimated because the water's surface offers few visual cues. The established protocol — swim parallel to shore to escape the current's channel, then angle back in — is essential knowledge for the elevated-surf period ahead. Compounding the coastal hazard, air quality Tuesday is rated poor, unhealthy for sensitive groups, overlapping with a warming trend inland. Those with respiratory conditions, asthma, or cardiovascular issues are advised to limit prolonged outdoor exertion, particularly during afternoon hours.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has no session Tuesday, but Thursday's meeting at the County Administration Center on Pacific Highway is the civic event of the week. The Board is scheduled to take its final adoption vote on the $9.16 billion fiscal year 2026-27 budget at 9:00 AM. The budget includes a $1.4 billion behavioral health allocation reflecting a multi-year strategic push by the county. Supervisor Anderson's transparency measure, which reached a 2-2 deadlock earlier this month, also returns Thursday for a second reading.
In the ongoing Assmaa Elayyat vehicular manslaughter case — the county official charged in connection with the fatal May 22nd hit-and-run in Southcrest — no new court proceedings occurred between Monday and Tuesday morning. Her next court appearance remains July 15th. On the broader public safety front, SDPD logged several notable Monday calls, including an assault with a deadly weapon near Genesee and Mount Etna around 2:14 PM, a threatening-with-a-weapon report at 4500 Alvarado Canyon Road in Grantville around 6:00 PM, and a disturbing-peace-with-violence call at 25th Street and Imperial Avenue in Sherman Heights around 8:00 PM. None had been elevated to named incidents or resulted in announced arrests as of the 5:00 AM Tuesday briefing.