Overview
- The City Council voted unanimously to keep a temporary prohibition in place and directed the city attorney to draft a permanent ban for Forest Hill Park.
- If adopted, it would likely be California’s first full prohibition on public pickleball, according to local reporting.
- Forest Hill Park contains Carmel’s only public pickleball courts, putting neighborhood quiet in conflict with access to the sport.
- Ideas to allow play with “quiet” paddles and balls were rejected as impractical to monitor given limited staff and unsupervised courts.
- Police say enforcement is complaint-driven, with warnings first, and no violations had been reported as of the latest updates; opponents will have two hearings to appeal the ordinance.