If San Luis Obispo County genuinely cared about the natural habitat of the Arroyo Grande Creek, it would oppose the Wildlife Habitat Protection Plan (WHPP) recently released by State Parks’ Off-Highway Vehicle Division. Vehicle crossings of the creek on Oceano Beach cause significant environmental harm, and the WHPP does nothing to mitigate these ongoing issues. […]
Lucia Casalinuovo
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State Parks is a fox in charge of the chicken pen
I am a resident of Oceano. Lately, I have been attending the meetings of the Nipomo/Oceano local area board for the San Luis Obispo County Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID). I was shocked to learn that State Parks is represented on such a board. Campgrounds or RV parks are not considered lodging businesses as it […]
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Put a moratorium on beach and dunes driving
Oceano
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 […]
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More people impact students than just teachers
Oceano
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 […]
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We have to act to protect our health
Oceano
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 […]
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Fewer beach campers would bring in more money
Oceano
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 […]
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Unite to save beaches
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 […]
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Check out the South County class warfare
Oceano
While the gentrified, upper-middle-class residents of San Luis Obispo are arranging to ban loud parties and smoking on the sidewalks, and those of Pismo Beach have already banned smoking on its beach, the residents of Oceano Beach are forced to tolerate the hideous noise and ghastly pollution brought on by the Off Road “Recreational” State […]