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Over the weekend, @CAgovernor signed SB 1053, officially banning plastic grocery bags for good! Many thanks to @SenBlakespear, @BauerKahan, @CALPIRG, @Surfrider, @Oceana, @AzulDotOrg, @cawrecycles, and so many others who helped eliminate this senseless source of plastic waste.
Victory! Big thanks to everyone who supported this statewide campaign here in SD County - chapter activists lobbied extensively at #CaliforniaOceanDay, with our local state reps, and held a public rally w/ @CALPIRG at Moonlight Beach featuring SB1053 author @SenBlakespear.
Over 200 of you rallied at the final hour to email the Governor via our #ActionAlert. Thank you all for your efforts large & small!
The patchwork quilt of state & local plastic laws is confusing, no doubt. We’ve created a new resource to guide you through what plastic laws apply where you live, including who to contact if those laws are being ignored. Includes state plastic laws!
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Check out this virtual event on Tuesday 9/24. A conversation with California Against the Sea author Rosanna Xia
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Highly recommend this blog post for anyone who cares about the preservation of our beaches. A bad decision in this case would essentially nullify protections against coastal armoring (i.e. seawalls) in the California Coastal Act.
California’s beaches are under threat, between climate change, coastal development, and now, coastal armoring like seawalls, which may protect private property, but at the expense of sandy beaches. Seawalls exacerbate erosion, cause beach loss, and over time may completely eliminate beaches. A significant lawsuit is now on appeal, with implications for the ability of regulators to protect California’s coast from armoring. This week, the Surfrider Foundation filed a brief supporting the California Coastal Commission's authority to prevent coastal armoring and protect our beaches. Learn more: hubs.la/Q02PMcHq0
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
Thanks @TheCACoast for having @WILDCOAST speak about TJ River crisis today along with @SurfriderSD @YMCASanDiego @OutdoorOutreach @azul and the awesome IB Mayor and CC commissioner @paloma4ib!!
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
Calling on @GavinNewsom @cagovernor to sign SB 704 to end special treatment for oil development in the coastal zone. We have suffered the effects of offshore spills and toxic water pollution long enough! #endtheaddiction #drillingiskilling @DaveMinCA
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Council approved second reading last night, its official! – at Carlsbad, CA
Victory! 🙌 The Oceanside City Council unanimously voted to ban polystyrene foam (Styrofoam) and single-use plastic carryout bags for all businesses, thanks to a multi-year effort by our San Diego chapter. Learn more: hubs.la/Q022b7rd0
@SurfriderSD
This Wednesday the Oceanside City Council votes on a styrofoam & plastic carryout bag ban. We've been fighting for this 1st step for many years I'm North County's largest city, plz take a moment to help us get it across the finish line!
sandiego.surfrider.org/ocean… – at Oceanside, CA
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
IB is bracing for the 🌀 & for the 🌊 of toxic pollution the TJ River will bring . As discussions move fwd 4 emergency $ to address coastal erosion in affluent communities up north, we continue to wait for a state of emergency. CA’s communities of color deserve equal treatment. – at Imperial Beach, CA
It’s time, Oceanside. City Council will vote on a foam & plastic bag ban next Wednesday, 8/23. Check out our blog post to submit a comment in support!
sandiego.surfrider.org/news/… – at Oceanside, CA
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
True that. We gotta link up with some state legislators to patch a few holes in the state bag ban. Upgrade the definition of “reusable” to get rid of these so-called reusable plastic bags, raise the pass-thru fee from $.10 to at least $.25, or both. That would be an improvement.
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
🚆 On #TransNetTuesday, we're highlighting the vital #LOSSAN corridor. 🌊 Safeguarding our coastline is a top priority for #SANDAG. Landslides & erosion have posed rail safety challenges. 💪 Thanks to leaders like @SenToniAtkins & @RepMikeLevin, we're securing the tracks. 🚄🌟
Thank you @sdut for cutting through the complacency on our region's priority clean water crisis.
Opinion: San Diego beach closures? Sick Border Patrol agents? Make the Tijuana sewage spills stop. [Opinion] dlvr.it/SqNh8P
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
Such a good interview by @RosannaXia w/ new and first-ever female leader of the California Coastal Commission.
"It’s not in the settler mindset to think about land changing in this way, and our private property laws reflect that mindset." latimes.com/environment/news…
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
🌊 You’re invited! Join us for a #SANDAG and @SurfriderSD beach cleanup on Saturday, June 17 at 10 a.m. in Imperial Beach.
Bring your reusable water bottle and help us protect our San Diego region!
☀️ Register here: bit.ly/3N9t5I9
#CleanBeaches #ImperialBeach
Oceanside to consider drafting a plastics ordinance this Wednesday, May 3. We're committed to supporting the process and hope you are too!
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If the ones that hit SD this year were "moderate," imagine the sinkholes and bluff erosion that strong & extreme events would cause... – at Oceanside, CA
We have #AtmosphericRivers to thank for all this recent rain! 🌧️ The team from @CW3E_Scripps says we are at 31 atmospheric river events so far this water year (11 weak, 13 moderate, 6 strong, 1 extreme). Here is the map of where and when they all hit. ⬇️
ALT Map of atmospheric rivers along the U.S. West Coast
Surfrider San Diego retweeted
We have #AtmosphericRivers to thank for all this recent rain! 🌧️ The team from @CW3E_Scripps says we are at 31 atmospheric river events so far this water year (11 weak, 13 moderate, 6 strong, 1 extreme). Here is the map of where and when they all hit. ⬇️
ALT Map of atmospheric rivers along the U.S. West Coast