Laguna Beach is banning the sale and public use of balloons to curtail the risk of devastating wildfires and eliminate a major source of trash floating near the community's scenic shores.
May 2020 file photo shows people walking past a closed off beach in Laguna Beach, Calif. Environmental advocates are celebrating in Laguna Beach — but not with balloons.
The Laguna Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to ban in public the popular mainstay of birthday and graduation parties, whether inflated with helium or not. Beginning in 2024, the balloons can't be used on public property or at city events. "This is the beginning," Chad Nelsen, chief executive of the nonprofit environmental organization Surfrider Foundation, said before the vote.
Environmental advocates are taking aim at balloons, arguing they're a preventable cause of coastal pollution that threatens animals and seabirds.
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