Pacific Beach Coalition is dedicated to preserving the ocean, coastal habitat, and wildlife and ending litter through advocacy, education, community building, and citizen action. Happy World Oceans Day!

We celebrated Kids Ocean Day on May 19 with the Marine Science Center bringing 280 elementary students out to Pacifica State Beach for a cleanup and aerial art exhibition, assembling into a Guitarfish. Starting at Linda Mar for Coastal Cleanup Day in 1997, with PBC 

• we’ve coordinated monthly cleanups for over 20 years, removed more than 200 tons of debris, mobilized 200,000 volunteers, recycled 2,500,000 toxic cigarette butts (from pollutant to picnic table) 
• our Earth Heroes have monitored and restored vital, diverse habitat ecosystems with data sampling, planting, watering, and weeding
• while our Naturalists, Pelican Squad, teacher toolkits, school assemblies, field trips, give backs, and emergency communications network continue to expand our capabilities, reach, and accessibility 

Our mission-driven programs are strategic, delivering impact and driving awareness while also inviting and inspiring, regenerating and sustaining a multi-generational culture of stewardship in Pacifica and across San Mateo County, both up and down the coast, Street to Beach and Creek to Sea. 120 local groups joined Earth Day EcoFest, an annual event co-sponsored by the City of Pacifica and our many proud partners, including Recology of the Coast, North Coast County Water District, and Peninsula Clean Energy. It was a special treat this year to remind all, especially new City Manager Sean, to cherish the fact that steelhead trout still run in San Pedro Creek, surviving just beyond that much more famous Taco Bell Cantina, testament to the resilient, rich diversity of our local Bay Area coastal watershed. 

As I said then on that beautiful day by Pacifica State Beach,

“[N]o doubt, we live in challenging times of immense opportunity amidst greater uncertainty. As tides of change rise in a climate of unprecedented risk, refusing to face reality is a fundamental failure to appreciate the irreplaceable. Now more than ever we must come together with a commitment to collaboration, compassion, and stewardship….
Cultivate joy, and let’s work together for a better tomorrow we can imagine and push towards, by taking action today.” 

Good luck with the budget. We hope to continue our close collaboration with the City, at Pride, Camp, upcoming July 5, Dog Surfing, and Fog Fest too! Thank you.