A new ordinance at Laguna Beach requires pickleball players to use quieter paddles in response to complaints from residents of a senior living facility.

“While I am supportive of this quiet paddle ordinance as a compromise ... sending private staircases crashing to the sand and prompting officials to cordon off a section of Thousand Steps ...

The growing popularity of pickleball has created a noisy dispute in Laguna Beach, where a new city ordinance that took effect Thursday requires players to use quiet paddles or risk a fine.