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Committee backs Western Shoreline LCP amendment to address coastal hazards at Ocean Beach
Summary
The committee forwarded a local coastal program amendment that adds coastal‑hazard policies including managed retreat south of Sloat to protect Ocean Beach, critical infrastructure and public access; planning staff said the change follows years of public and interagency work and requires Coastal Commission certification after local approval.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Jan. 8 to send to the full Board a local coastal program (LCP) amendment to the Western Shoreline Area Plan that adds objectives and policies addressing coastal hazards, sea‑level rise and erosion affecting Ocean Beach and adjacent public lands.
Planning staff explained that the Western Shoreline Area Plan serves as San Francisco’s local coastal program under the California Coastal Act, and that the plan — last amended in 1986 — needs a coastal‑hazard…
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