A U.S. Department of Commerce decision is expected soon regarding a controversial toll road extension that would slice through a portion of San Onofre State Beach, jeopardizing a pristine watershed that is home to 11 endangered species, Panhe a Native American Site, San Mateo A top 5 State Park, and also jeopardizing the world famous Trestles surf breaks.
In case you missed it, the L.A. Times devoted nearly a page in Monday's California edition outlining issues that have made the proposed project so contentious. (HOW MUCH DID THAT COST?)
Personally, I despise the idea as much as I despise heavy traffic.
What the story glossed over were the pros and cons of developing state parks.
Outdoors enthusiasts ought to oppose any project that sacrifices even a portion of any state park. Parks ought to be considered sacred ground and protected against all infringements of civilization. And Sacred ground needs to be thought of as Sacred Ground.
Isn't that the purpose behind them?
San Onofre receives 2.8 million visitors a year and is the fourth-most visited park in California. Reasons: proximity to ocean and wilderness, and aesthetics.
Those visitors would not likely welcome such an unsightly intrusion, which would run for about five miles and consume 320 acres of their beloved park.
San Onofre State Beach is bisected by San Mateo Creek, the last pristine public watersheds in Southern California and home 11 endangered species..
Groups such as the Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Wildcoast, Save San Onofre Coalition and California State Parks Foundation vehemently oppose the project for good reasons.
Even proponents of the toll road project concede this habitat will be damaged.
As for waves at Lower Trestles, one of the world's premier point breaks and home to the only World Tour surfing event in the continental United States, they may not be ruined by the alteration of flow from the creek caused by construction.
Or they could be.
As for traffic, there are no assurances that travelers on Interstate 5 in south Orange County will even detect the slightest difference after completion of an alternative route that would dump motorists onto I-5 at Basilone Road south of San Clemente.
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has until Jan. 7 to decide whether to override the California Coastal Commission's rejection of the project last February.
The toll roads are pumping big bux into the add campaign to push this toll road over our state park, Stand together against the 241 South Toll Road Sept 22 with legends like Mickey Muñoz, Got Soul? Save Sano.
Thanks to the California Coastal Act, plans for the road have to change!
The San Mateo campground in San Diego county found unlikely heroes in "everyday" normal people.
Teachers, students, surfers and others banded together to fight against the destruction of their treasured state park and beach.
The fight to oppose the expansion of the 241 toll road through the campground has been characterized as a "David vs. Goliath battle."
The (YEACH) Transportation Corridor Agencies wielded political clout and wealth.
Southern California residents exhibited heart and determination as they came together against the odds, to fight the proposition that would endanger the future of the campground and Trestles beach.
The California Coastal Commission recently held a hearing to determine whether the toll road would violate the California Coastal Act.
This hearing was a pivotal point in the battle.
The commission holds the keys to developing on California coastlines.
Volunteers from all over Southern California began working together to encourage the commission to deny the toll road.
"This battle has been going on for eight years," said Robin Everett, Conservation Organizer for the Friends of the Foothills campaign.
Those in opposition to the toll road worried that the wealthy TCA would sway the commission.
Local environmental conservation groups, such as the Sierra Club and Surfrider Foundation, began to drum up support through meetings, rallies, T-shirts, posters and lawn signs.
The commission decided at the hearing that the expansion does not comply with the Coastal Act, putting a major roadblock in the plans.
"I think the compelling arguments and the large turnout of those in opposition swayed the commission," Everett said of the commission hearing.
Some of these individuals had previous experience in political activism, others were new to the process.
Candice Mize, a California State Fullerton public relations major, was never involved in activism for any political issue prior to this one.
She camped at San Mateo with her aunt a few years ago and heard of the plan to build the toll road through the campground.
"It caught my attention," Mize said. "I was shocked to hear that they would take away a state park."
Mize's aunt, Deborah Fry, is a sixth grade teacher in San Bernardino county and calls San Mateo her "home away from home."
Fry and her family have been camping at San Mateo for 14 years. Her passion for the campground and other state parks in her hometown drove her to be involved in the campaign.
"This is the first time I've ever been involved in an issue like this," Fry said. "My family was never involved in politics."
Fry said she feels compelled to do what she can to help stop the expansion of the toll road.
Fry began writing letters to her local newspapers, sending out e-mail blasts and getting the word out wherever and whenever she could.
The commission hearing on Feb. 6 was attended by over 3,000 people. Mize and Fry attended the meeting that went from early in the morning until 11:30 p.m.
"I showed up and held a sign," Mize said. "It was neat to be able to be a part of something, to say I made a difference."
Mize said she joined the campaign because she and her family enjoy hiking and camping in the state parks in Northern California as well as the San Mateo Campground.
"I love being able to escape from city life, to have the peace and serenity of nature," Mize said.
Fry said she believes there is power in numbers.
"Every little act makes a difference," Fry said. "Sometimes you won't know until later what your impact was. I will be able to look back and say that I did everything I could to save the park. I won't have any regrets. Every little act makes a difference." By: Sarah Cruz. .
We set up an online petition to thank the Commissioners for protecting Trestles. It's very important that we thank decision makers when they do the right thing!
This landslide vote was a watershed moment for the environmental movement and we need to make sure the Commissioners are positively acknowledged!It's super easy. Go here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/406462345 and sign your name. Surfrider will print up all the signatures and then hand deliver them at the next CCC hearing in So Cal.
We are having a party next Saturday (Feb 23) at the OC Tavern to celebrate our win at the Coastal Commission hearing. We have three outstanding bands lined up (Bushwalla, Anna Troy and Austin Jennings). Plus, there will be a killer raffle…..and most importantly, all your friends who have helped protect Trestles and San Onofre will be there! Pass around the invite!
When: Sat Feb 23 at 8pm
Where: OC Tavern: 2369 El Camino Real,San Clemente
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