Sloat Restoration through Managed Retreat

Sloat Restoration through Managed Retreat
This is our original vision for Sloat Restoration - graphic courtesy of PSA and Associates and the Ocean Beach Task Force

Our Vision of Beach Restoration and Preservation

The shorelines of Ocean Beach south of Sloat Blvd and Sharp Park in Pacifica are threatened by rip-rap seawallls and long-term erosion. This blog chronicles our campaign efforts to restore these beaches. Check out the web view of this site to see our proposed solutions and how to help- in the right hand column below. For all the latest about our efforts, see our monthly posts.

We advocate a managed retreat strategy to restore both Ocean Beach south of Sloat and Sharp Park.

At Sloat, our vision involves:

A long-term plan to relocate threatened infrastructure
(including the south of Sloat Great Highway, the two oceanside parking lots and the sewer lines underneath them).

The cleanup of all the rock and rubble littering the beach.

The use of sand dunes as the primary tool to slow erosion.

For Sharp Park, we advocate the decommissioning of the golf course, the removal of the rip-rap berm, and a full restoration of the wetland.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Ca Coastal Commission and San Francisco's Local Coastal Program

A smooth gray line peels off at Sloat's south lot. (photo B. McLaughlin)


Greetings Surfriders and Friends,

Unfortunately, the new sand back-passing project for Sloat continues to be delayed. Over the last month, we have made phone calls to our contact at the PUC. Apparently there was a permit issue that is responsible. The good news is that the equipment is in place at Sloat south lot and ready to go. We will update with photos when the project is complete.

In other news, the chapter attended the California Coastal Commission meeting in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday November 12. At the hearing, Surfrider registered support for San Francisco's grant application to update their coastal planning document (also known as the Local Coastal Program or LCP). With an updated LCP, the restoration work for Sloat can move forward in a more efficient manner. Without a current LCP, individual permits for each piece of the restoration might have been needed from the commission.  Securing just one permit can be very time consuming. A revised LCP will help expedite the restoration process as well as ensure the final Sloat design is compliant with the threat of sea level rise and climate change driven storms. We believe these latter two elements will help promote the managed retreat strategy we have long been seeking. Thanks for checking in!