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Visit Laguna Beach and partners push stewardship approach to manage visitors and protect coastal resources

2253678 · January 31, 2025
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Visit Laguna Beach, Laguna Ocean Foundation and staff described a stewardship approach that moves the city from promotional focus toward managing visitor impacts, protecting fragile coastal resources and aligning multiple organizations on messaging, enforcement and infrastructure adjustments ahead of the summer season.

Representatives from Visit Laguna Beach and the Laguna Ocean Foundation described a stewardship approach aimed at reconciling the city's tourism economy with protection for its coastal and cultural resources. Karen Phillipson (Visit Laguna Beach) and Ed Almanza (Laguna Ocean Foundation) briefed the council on a strategy that emphasizes culture, environment and heritage as pillars of a coordinated…

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