Lucia Casalinuovo, Oceano

Residents of the Oceano beach community and Nipomo Mesa are suffering from traffic congestion and bad air quality because of Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA). State parks has the obligation to minimize these harmful impacts on the neighboring communities and the natural habitat of the park itself. A lot can be accomplished in […]

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as, “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. … It will be achieved when everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from […]

Dear supervisors and fellow citizens of SLO county, I support the Bob Jones Trail Expansion Project  and I encourage you to keep supporting it as you have done in the past. It is an enchanting walk through spectacular countryside, which is our duty to protect, enhance, and make available for everyone’s enjoyment. My sister visited […]

Thank you Mr. DePasquale from Cambria for supporting the establishment of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (“Let’s get that marine sanctuary going,” New Times, Dec. 8). I support it too. Yet, we have a more urgent local issue we need to act on now: stopping the destruction of Oceano Beach, the Arroyo Grande Creek’s […]

I protest the Pismocean special event that our county government and the Off Road Division of State Parks have permitted to occur the weekend of Nov. 4. at the Oceano Beach and Dunes. It’s a huge event including stages, staff, artists, vendors, and restrooms. The event is so massive that lots for extra parking were […]

The public outrage over the destruction of oak woodland in North San Luis Obispo County is justified. I applaud and support the Land Conservancy’s efforts to protect our land and wildlife.  I wish I saw a similar outrage over the destruction of the Oceano Beach and dunes and a similar effort to protect this fragile, […]

This year, Huckfest was better, because last year it was a real disaster. Yet, Matt Fountain didn’t speak out on The Tribune last year to sympathize with Oceano residents who had their driveways and streets backed up a mile along Highway 1, nor with Mesa residents who had to breathe extra PM10 caused by the […]

We residents of Oceano and Nipomo attended the public hearing the Air Pollution Control District (APCD) and State Parks held about the particulate matter (PM10) emission from Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA). We clearly heard the State Parks’ expert announce that the PM10 emission from the area on which driving is allowed is […]

I am a local, bilingual elementary teacher. My credentials, experience, stress level, work load, accountability, and the responsibility I bear are worth at least $120, 000. I am light-years away from it. But I do not want more money. I earn enough to meet my needs. I want fewer students in the classroom; I want […]

Property owners in Oceano Beach, especially near Pier Avenue where Oceano’s air quality was monitored, are at risk of losing our quality of life and property values. ODSVRA activities, particularly traffic dragging dust from the beach, are a growing concern in our neighborhood. These activities are an unabated nuisance that creates a health hazard and […]

Off-roaders and campers on our beach and dunes do not bring to our community as much money as the off-road industry and state bureaucrats make us believe. Most tourists camping on the beach eat non-expensive food usually brought from home or bought at big local grocery stores that don’t need the off-roaders to make money […]

O, come all ye faithful and righteous citizens of San Luis Obispo, you who are so upset by the smoke on sidewalks, the feeding of ducks, and past-bedtime partying: I beg you to rise and stand against the most repulsive polluter of them all, the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreational Area (ODSVRA). Residents in the […]