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Board concurs with mayor's emergency declaration for Ocean Beach erosion; supervisors limit concurrence to one week and request follow‑up
Summary
The Board of Supervisors concurred Jan. 26 in a mayoral emergency proclamation allowing emergency contracting to stabilize a rapidly eroding bluff at Ocean Beach, but limited concurrence to one week and ordered DPW back to the board with more detail.
The Board of Supervisors on Jan. 26 voted to concur in Mayor Gavin Newsom’s proclamation of a local emergency for Ocean Beach, authorizing the Department of Public Works (DPW) to pursue emergency contracting to protect eroding bluff and critical underground infrastructure. After extensive public testimony and supervisor questions, the board limited its concurrence to a one‑week window and requested that DPW return with additional information at a special hearing.
DPW Director Ed Ryskin described severe bluff retreat along the Great Highway, accelerated by recent high surf and storm warnings. Ryskin and DPW staff said erosion had already undermined portions of the roadway and reached levels that pose a risk to a 14‑foot wastewater tunnel and a 15‑inch storm drain beneath the roadway.
DPW presented three short‑term options that engineers had evaluated: (1) beach…
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