francisco history, part of ocean beach history and that is at ocean beach at the foot of balboa and cabralo. the tradition of bonfires has been allowed to continue by the national park service, concentrating an area for bonfire use that is close to the beach chalet at the foot of fulton in an area that is just north of lincoln boulevard. over the years reasonable steps have been take to mitigate the bonfires. when pits were installed in 2007, they successfully moved the bonfires from along the beach to a concentrated area along fulton street at the great highway. importantly this kept fires away from environmentally sensitive areas like the snowy area and other areas that the national park service has been trying to protect. so it's made also clean-ups a lot easier to concentrate in key areas. this is an example of a guideline that improves everyone's experience at ocean beach. now the national park service though, which manages ocean beach is considering new regulations following a pilot they conducted last year, last summer. and i strongly encourage everyone that uses and enjoys ocean bea