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Supervisors hold multi‑agency hearing on Ocean Beach safety after April drownings
Summary
After two teens drowned April 16, a May 12 Board committee convened federal, state and city agencies to review rescue capacity, dispatch protocols, signage and prevention at Ocean Beach and to solicit community suggestions including expanded outreach, stairwell signage and volunteer ambassadors.
Chair Supervisor Jane Kim convened a May 12 Public Safety Committee hearing after two teenagers were swept from Ocean Beach on April 16, asking city and federal partners to outline prevention and response improvements.
Supervisor Eric Mar, the hearing sponsor, said the loss of two young visitors reinforced that Ocean Beach’s waters are “treacherous and potentially deadly” for anyone but experienced, trained and equipped ocean users. He asked agencies to consider immediate steps to reduce risk ahead of summer and heat‑driven beach crowds.
The National Park Service’s Howard Levitt and deputy ranger Chad Marin described the agency’s beach patrol: Ocean Beach is not a designated swimming beach, patrols must rove a long coastline, and the NPS emphasizes keeping people out of the water through signage and outreach. Marin highlighted last summer’s training statistics and…
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