MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD
*pro-tip - you do not need to be an Oceanside resident.
update - read our most recent LETTER to city council.
Mark your calendar to comment at the Oceanside City Council meeting on August 11 from 2-4 pm. Your options are:
- Send an e-comment by emailing CityClerk@OceansideCA.org. You must send this email by 1 PM on August 11
- Speak virtually by logging onto the zoom meeting at 2 PM on August 11. You must email the city clerk your wish to speak on Workshop Item 1 by 1 PM.
- Attend the meeting in person and submit a speaker form upon arrival.
SAMPLE TALKING POINTS
- My name is ____ and I live in/surf in/ recreate at Oceanside beaches.
- I am asking City Council to oppose a new groin project in the City.
- With sea levels expected to exponentially rise, this project is not a long-term solution to our disappearing beaches.
- However, groins will have long-term negative impacts by creating dangerous rip currents, destroying beach breaks, and robbing Southern beaches of sand.
- California has not seen a new groin since 1998. Is this really the kind of precedent we want to set in our City - trap sand at localized beaches so that we perpetuate the need for these invasive solutions in other parts of Oceanside and other parts of the region?
- Please focus instead on long term sand solutions like updating the Local Coastal Program and identifying opportunities for relocation and living shorelines. Short-term solutions should include renewing the City’s opportunistic sand permit and hiring a Coastal Zone Administrator.
For more on why Surfrider opposes groins, see our blog here. The City Council staff packet on this council item is posted here.
