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Friends of Goleta Beach Park
Goleta Beach Park is one of the crown jewels in our County that’s visited by 1.5 million visitors a year. It’s easily accessible, and offers free parking, beautiful grass park, family picnic areas, and multiple recreational facilities for year round enjoyment. But the California Coastal Commission is mandating a new philosophy called “managed retreat” which is basically install no protections to save our park in the event of a significant El Nino storm. And now our Santa Barbara County supervisors are considering a plan, Goleta Beach 2.0, to remove buried rock backstops that have been in place for years to prevent such disasters and have saved our park several times in the recent past.
The Friends of Goleta Beach Park believe that our County Supervisors should approve all existing rock backstops and have them permitted as a permanent safeguard against the known damages these storms create. We urge you to study the facts, data, and publications on our website for further details and clarifications. We hope you will join us as new Friends of Goleta Beach Park and will stand up against this terrible plan that will do nothing to preserve and save our Park as we know it.