You've no doubt seen La Jolla Light's Alphabet Soup list of community planning groups, their missions and meeting times, which is published periodically and updated at lajollalight.com/news/sd-cm-ljl-alphabet-soup-20190717-story.html And if your goal is to get more involved in these groups (but you sometimes get lost in their lingo), here's a glossary of common planning terms to help: Applicant: Any person who has filed an application for a permit, map or other matter, and who is the record owner of the real property that is the subject of the permit, map or other matter; the record owner's authorized agent; or any other person who can demonstrate a legal right, interest or entitlement to the use of the real property subject to the application.