On January 15th, the Department of Public Works (DPW) announced a declaration of emergency along the Great Highway due to severely eroded bluffs on the west side of Sloat Blvd. At yesterday’s Board of Supervisor’s hearing, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd sponsored a motion to concur with Mayor Newsom’s January 19th proclamation of a Local Emergency.
Representatives from the San Francisco Chapter of Surfrider Foundation, Save the Waves Coalition, the Ocean Beach Vision Council and community members testified at the hearing and urged the board to delay the vote in order to have the opportunity to consider more environmentally sound alternatives to hard structures, especially given that hard structural armoring is prohibited in Board Resolution 698-99.
The Board declared a one week emergency and called for another hearing Tuesday, February 2. They did this as a courtesy to the community in order for us to have the opportunity to weigh in on DPW’s current plans.
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It is critical that you communicate your concerns and/or position regarding the placement of hard structures as a short term emergency response to this erosion site. Act now to make your voice heard!
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Whoa!
I haven’t been down there since the last round of storms.
This is definitely in my interest because Sloat is more or less my “home break.”