Lucia Casalinuovo, Oceano

The California Coastal Commission approved a renovation plan for Oceano airport which will cost us more than $4 million. This decision underestimates the environmental injustice the presence of the airport does to Oceano. Dedicating 60 acres of prime coastal wetlands to a limited-use, recreational airport does a great injustice to Oceano, which is starved of […]

Long-term and affordable residential rentals are being eradicated from SLO County, especially from the coastal zone. We must preserve those we still have. Oceano has a few left on Pier Avenue. However, their tenants are being disproportionately impacted by State Parks’ visitors. Tenants must suffer beach visitors in need of parking unlawfully using their private […]

Upon learning that the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Area (ODSVRA) will be closed until Oct. 1, dozens of off-roaders attended the California Coastal Commission (CCC) meeting on July 9. They argued that they are being denied enjoyment of the beach that they pay for with Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Division money—their money, for their park and […]

On Oct. 18, 2019, State Parks gave its first quarterly report to the California Coastal Commission on the Public Works Plan under which Pismo Beach State Park and Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA) will operate in the future. It was obvious to the commission that State Parks had not done its homework.  At […]

The Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area does not provide a safe, healthy, and sustainable form of recreation but it unleashes an unchecked lust for entertainment and diversion that is destroying Oceano, its beach, and dunes. I have been a resident of Oceano for over 30 years. I have seen neighboring towns become cleaner and […]

Since State Parks disclosed its intention to add an off-roading campground and access road by Oso Flaco Lake, people in that area have mobilized against it: the residents of Nipomo Mesa and Trilogy and the Oso Flaco friends. I don’t blame them. I have been a resident of Oceano and have suffered the consequences of […]

Last week, State Parks disclosed its proposed new general work plan for the management of Pismo State Beach and the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. Good news: There are plans for a boardwalk on the foredunes to connect Grand Avenue with the Arroyo Grande Creek and a small structured campground (versus the free and […]

Two million visitors a year drive on Oceano Beach for a day trip or on their way to Sand City, 1,000 unmarked campsites for $10 a night, and the Sand Highway, the off-roading playground on the dunes. Driving back, they carry on their tires tons of sand. Most of it is deposited on Pier Avenue […]

The Hollands’ donation to Jimmy Paulding and his not telling is not an issue. Lynn Compton grabbed it as such because she has nothing else to grab on against Paulding. She fears that he will replace her. During the years of her administration, she has done nothing for Oceano. She never came  to ask us […]

The sand trap at Oceano’s Pier Avenue ramp proposed by the settlement between State Parks and SLO County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is going to make our beach and community even uglier and noisier than it already is. The ramp itself should not even be there. It is illegal. It has been illegal for […]

In the Feb. 8 article, “Off-roaders will see changes … to Oceano Dunes,” The Tribune informed us that state parks wants to work with off-roaders, and “a lot of the ideas are coming from them.” That is exactly the problem: State parks, the fox, has been asked to take care of the chickens, all of […]

We need to stop fighting about Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA) issues. We must come to a compromise. There are many parties involved, and each needs to win something: off-roaders, Mesa residents, endangered species in the creek, and Oceano residents. Health needs come first and need to be met fully. I suggest fencing […]