Ocean Beach Master Plan (San Francisco)

04/27/2017

Join San Francisco Planning staff for a public meeting on the Local Coastal Program Amendment and related implementation projects.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Ortega Branch Library, 3223 Ortega Street

The adoption hearing for the Western Shoreline Area Plan/Local Coastal Amendment has been continued to June 8, 2017

http://sf-planning.org/local-coastal-program-amendment

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04/27/2017

New summary of Ocean Beach design concepts thanks to AECOM team...
http://www.spur.org/news/2017-03-16/new-ocean-beach-designs-show-open-space-vision

Ocean Beach Design document released.

04/27/2017

Nice press from San Francisco Magazine
https://t.co/KmeK8OpIK7

New designs for an old, sandy, crumbling-into-the-sea roadway.

11/14/2016

An important step in implementing the Ocean Beach Master Plan:

San Francisco is amending its Local Coastal Program to address the substantial erosion Ocean Beach has experienced the last few decades. A draft of the amendment was released for public review and feedback on November 7, 2016. Join San Francisco Planning this Thursday to discuss the document and learn more about next steps.

Linking to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-workshop-on-the-local-coastal-program-amendment-tickets-28777410008

Portions of San Francisco’s dynamic Ocean Beach – particularly the area between Sloat and Skyline boulevards – have experienced substantial erosion over the past few decades. San Francisco is amending its Local Coastal Program to provide for long-term resiliency by balancing environmental resources,...

05/11/2015

As we face sea level rise, climate change and an increase in the frequency and strength of natural disasters, how prepared are the places we live? SPUR’s latest exhibition takes a look at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild By Design competition. Come see the concepts envisioned by 10 international, interdisciplinary teams that seek to increase the resilience of affected communities in preparation for a changing world.

Join us this Thursday night for the Exhibition Opening of Design by Resillence at the SPUR Urban Center. Free to the public, starts at 6pm.

http://www.spur.org/events/2015-05-14/exhibition-opening-design-resilience

As we face sea level rise, climate change and an increase in the frequency and strength of natural disasters, how prepared are the places we live? SPUR’s latest exhibition takes a look at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild By Design competition. Come see the concepts envi…

04/28/2015

Important sand excavation approvals have begun to worry coastal cities.

http://www.mercurynews.com/pacifica/ci_27961272/bcdc-approves-sand-mining-permit-san-francisco-bay

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) held a hearing Thursday and unanimously approved a 10-year mining permit for sand removal from San Francisco Bay, and from two other areas near Suisun, said Brenda Goeden of BCDC. Pacifica city staff strongly objected to the permit app…

03/24/2015

Ocean Beach will be receiving a much needed face-lift from the National Park Service on the O'Shaughnessy Seawall!

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ocean-Beach-seawall-being-repaired-through-2016-6151764.php

After nearly a century of doing its job holding back the sands and seas of Ocean Beach while getting walked on and climbed upon, the O’Shaughnessy Seawall is getting a much-needed face-lift. National Park Service workers from across the country are tending to the venerable concrete structure, origin…

01/27/2015

The National Park Service invites you to a public meeting about the recently concluded Revised Pilot Program for Ocean Beach Fires and a look to the future. If you would like to attend, meeting details are below:

Thursday, February 5, 2015
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Cliff House - Terrace Room
1090 Point Lobos Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94121

01/20/2015

Join us tomorrow for the 12th Annual San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival. Benjamin Grant, Public Realm and Urban Design Program Manager for SPUR and head of the Ocean Beach Master Plan, will be a part of the special panel discussion that will follow the viewing of "Sand Wars." http://oceanfilmfest.org/

In partnership with Green Planet Films, SFIOFF presents a special evening with French writer and director Denis Delestrac and his multi-award-winning film Sand Wars on Tuesday, January 20, at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

01/12/2015

Thank you to Secretary Jewell and Mayor Ed Lee for visiting to witness the impacts of rising seas here in San Francisco

http://www.spur.org/blog/2015-01-05/san-francisco-climate-planning-draws-federal-visits-climate-champion-designation

The proactive adaptation measures for Ocean Beach – including managed retreat, coastal protection, and environmental restoration -- have garnered the attention of the Obama administration, most recently through visits from Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, Mayor Ed Lee, and Mike Boots, acti…

10/27/2014

Join us tonight for the latest update on our Open Space Design for Ocean Beach! Hear from Frank Filice of the SF Department of Public Works and Patricia Fonseca of AECOM on how the decommissioning of two lanes of the Great Highway will provide opportunities to improve public access with a coastal trail and other amenities designed to adapt to an eroding coastline.

How is the Ocean Beach Master Plan being implemented and what will it impact? In the third program in this three-part series, we’ll learn how a decommissioning of two lanes of the Great Highway will provide opportunities to improve public access with a coastal trail and other amenities designed to a…

09/26/2014

Give Us Feedback on Open Space Design for Ocean Beach!

https://www.spur.org/featured-project/ocean-beach-master-plan -us-feedback-open-space-design-ocean-beach

Please take a look at the boards posted in the link above and download the attached feedback form to submit your comments to us by October 15, 2014. Once again thank you all for your interest and participation!