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Stop the Privatization of the Coast – Oppose SB 1090!

Tell the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee to oppose SB 1090 today! SB 1090 would eliminate Coastal Act provisions that protect public access and recreation by allowing private property owners to build seawalls with almost no review. Because seawalls accelerate erosion, the resulting rush to construct more seawalls along the coastline would drastically accelerate the loss of our beaches at a time when we already risk losing up to 70% of Southern California beaches to sea level rise by 2100. We should be doing everything we can to preserve our beaches. The California Coastal Commission has made it clear that seawalls do not provide any quantifiable public safety benefit but can actually decrease the safety of a beach by speeding up how quickly it washes away. SB 1090 flies in the face of the thoughtful planning and policy work that has been gaining momentum in recent months. We must prepare our communities for sea level rise and offset threats to our coastal resources. SB 1090 would lock us into the one method we know is sure to fail and result in the accelerated loss of our beaches. Send a message to the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and tell them to oppose this bill today!

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Dear Senator,

San Diego and Orange County coastal property owners are proposing to pave over the Coastal Act under a false pretense of public safety. SB 1090 would eliminate the usual process of permitting seawalls and allow private property owners to build them with almost no review. Because seawalls accelerate erosion, the resulting rush to construct more seawalls along the coastline would drastically accelerate the loss of our beaches at a time when we already risk losing up to 70% of Southern California beaches to sea level rise by 2100. We should be doing everything we can to preserve our beaches. The California Coastal Commission has made it clear that seawalls do not provide any quantifiable public safety benefit but can decrease the safety of a beach as areas of safe passage are reduced or eliminated. SB 1090 flies in the face of thoughtful planning and policy work that has been gaining momentum for decades to prepare our communities for sea level rise and threats to our coastal resources. SB-1090 would lock us into the one method we know is sure to fail and result in the accelerated loss of our beaches.

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