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PACIFICAMARCH 2016 • Vol.1 • No.7

THE BEAUTY OF MAGIC HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGER

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Why Buy Now?For many people, the purchase of a home is one of the largest financial transactions they will ever undertake. Reasons could include a desire to be a homeowner, employment changes, family situations, up or downsizing, and a more desirable area.

First-time home buyers are in a uniquely different situation but share the same reasons as repeat buyers. The list below captures the top reasons that California buyers purchased real estate in 2015*:

The single most important reason for both a first-time home buyer and a repeat home buyer is better location. First-time home buyers at 9% and repeat buyers at 19%.

With rents on the rise, 55% of first-time home buyers purchased their first home in 2015; only 9% were repeat buyers. Monthly expenses are more predictable.

Improved living space and more room was 10% of the first-time home buying market and 23% for repeat buyers. Plus, the home is yours, and you can decorate and upgrade it to fit your lifestyle.

Life changes, including family and employment were another reason that 7% of first-time home buyers purchased, with 4% for repeat buyers.

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Additional reasons for owning a home:Tax Benefits- Mortgage-interest deductions, property taxes and insurance, and some of the costs of buying a home are allowable deductions.

Appreciation- Even with the recent housing crises, real estate values have had long term and stable growth. It’s predicted that the number of households will continue to rise over the next decade, creating a steady and high demand for housing.

Savings- Using your appreciation as a built-in savings plan, when you sell, you can generally take up to $250,000 ($500,000 for a married couple) as gain without owing any federal income tax.

Stability- Remaining in one place for many years helps build long-term relationships, creates a sense of community, and offers children educational and social benefits.

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Why Buy Now?For many people, the purchase of a home is one of the largest financial transactions they will ever undertake. Reasons could include a desire to be a homeowner, employment changes, family situations, up or downsizing, and a more desirable area.

First-time home buyers are in a uniquely different situation but share the same reasons as repeat buyers. The list below captures the top reasons that California buyers purchased real estate in 2015*:

The single most important reason for both a first-time home buyer and a repeat home buyer is better location. First-time home buyers at 9% and repeat buyers at 19%.

With rents on the rise, 55% of first-time home buyers purchased their first home in 2015; only 9% were repeat buyers. Monthly expenses are more predictable.

Improved living space and more room was 10% of the first-time home buying market and 23% for repeat buyers. Plus, the home is yours, and you can decorate and upgrade it to fit your lifestyle.

Life changes, including family and employment were another reason that 7% of first-time home buyers purchased, with 4% for repeat buyers.

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Additional reasons for owning a home:Tax Benefits- Mortgage-interest deductions, property taxes and insurance, and some of the costs of buying a home are allowable deductions.

Appreciation- Even with the recent housing crises, real estate values have had long term and stable growth. It’s predicted that the number of households will continue to rise over the next decade, creating a steady and high demand for housing.

Savings- Using your appreciation as a built-in savings plan, when you sell, you can generally take up to $250,000 ($500,000 for a married couple) as gain without owing any federal income tax.

Stability- Remaining in one place for many years helps build long-term relationships, creates a sense of community, and offers children educational and social benefits.

*The source for this data comes from the California Association of Realtors. Looking for additional information about the home buying process? Let our team guide you through the home buying experience.


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CoastalGardentCreate a winter garden ritual. 19

DayTripperPacifi ca Skate Park and Salmon crepes. 26

CoastalCanineRobbie the Shelty. 28

Publisher’s Note 4Flashback 6Upcoming 8Real Estate 30

Departments

ON THE COVER Magic Jeanne Fields. Cover photo by Cat Cutillo

The Show Must Go OnSpindrift Players put ‘community’ in community theater. BY VANITHA SANKARAN

Preserving coastal treasuresCoastal erosion poses hard questions for residents.

Pacifi ca BridesLocal resources for the big day.

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Little League has saved me from a ton of yard work

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March is always a big month in our house. It is when Little League officially kicks off, and our weekends officially are no longer our own. Not that we mind. In fact, over the

years, the days spent at the local ballparks are some of my favorite. So this year will be a big change for us. Our son will still be playing baseball, but not for Little League anymore. It was bound to

happen. All the players that join little league will either lose interest and move on or age out at some point.

Owen’s enthusiasm for baseball is still high, so we’ll continue to support him for as long as it lasts. We’ll travel to desolate ballfields in the Central Valley at ungodly hours. We’ll stay overnight in cheap motels. We’ll buy him the newest bats because he’s sure this will increase his batting average (and smiles). We’ll congratulate the victories and dissect the losses.

But as much fun as we’ve had over the years with baseball, it didn’t start easily. At the very first tryout, which Owen reluctantly attended, I hit him square in the nose with a hardball. He turned to look as his number was being called just as I let go of the ball. With tears and a bloody nose, he had his first ever at-bat — and loved it.

If he had quit before he had started, I wouldn’t have been surprised. But instead, that become the first of several hundred visits to the ballfield. Whether huddled in a down jacket or being abraded by windstorms, we’ve enjoyed all the games. As far as all the weekends we’ve missed? Let’s just say that Little League has gotten me out of a lot of weed pulling. But don’t tell your kids. That’ll just be the parents’ little secret.

March 12 is Opening Day for Pacifica American Little League. Put the lawn mower away and head to the event. Details on page 8.



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Want to know more? To learn more about the Pacifi ca Historical Society, programs and the Little Brown Church, visit pacifi cahistory.org. Or go to a board meeting. They are at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the Little Brown Church museum, 1850 Francisco Blvd.?

By the mid-1920s, the Dollar Steamship Line dominated trans-Pacifi c shipping, with a vessel leaving San Francisco, westbound, every two

weeks. The ships circled the globe, at regular intervals, and radio communication with the home offi ce was critical to a smooth running operation.

In 1927, R. Stanley Dollar set up Dollaradio, call sign 6XBB, on Coastside bluffs at the north end of present-day Pacifi ca. For this early venture in long-range communication, two small buildings were erected, one for receiving and the other, 100 feet north, for transmitting. Dollar contracted with the young San Francisco engineering fi rm of Heintz and Kaufman to supply transmitters to his ships and station. For many years thereafter, the forest of masts and wires that were speeding messages around the world became a familiar sight to travelers on the old County Road.

The station soon gained renown beyond the maritime world. On May 31, 1928, the pioneering Australian aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, with a crew of four, took off from the airport in Oakland on the fi rst-ever trans-Pacifi c fl ight. He had on board an H-K transmitter, and stayed in regular touch with Dollaradio. After brief fuel stops in Hawaii and Fiji, he landed in Melbourne on June 9.

Also in 1928, Admiral Richard Byrd, in his fi rst attempt to reach the South Pole, set up a base camp called “Little America” on the Ross Ice Shelf and established contact with Dollaradio. The station would forward the admiral’s reports to the New York Times for publication the following morning.

In 1929, the transmitting building was moved north, closer to Mussel Rock, to avoid interference with the receiving signals. At this

time, two large towers were erected. The one in the photo rose some 225 feet above the bluff, while the other was even higher, at 250 feet.

Dollaradio ended its offi cial existence in 1934. The FCC ruled against privately operated radio systems, and Globe Wireless LTD was created to replace it.

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~ Enjoy the Dirty HeatWhat: A little bit of Austin rides into town when The Dirty Heat comes to Winter’s Tavern. The band has been to-gether since 2012, and brags that it plays music from “rock to ragtime.” You can catch it on soundcloud and band-camp, and the band as even released a vinyl album.When: 9 p.m., Feb. 23.Where: 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifi ca.How much: Check with the tavern, 355-6162.More info: winterstavern.com

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~ See what’s on saleWhat: Every other week, on Wednes-days and Thursdays, the city of Paci-fi ca Senior Services holds a rummage sale. The goodies are donated by lo-cals. Bring your household goods, jew-elry and collectibles the day of the sale and receive a tax deduction. Periodically, Senior Services also hosts vendor and craft sales. Check out the city’s website for details.When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Feb. 24 and 25, and March 9 and 10.Where: 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifi ca.How much: Bring some spending mon-ey.More info: cityofpacifi ca.org.

~ Jump on the RocketWhat: You haven’t really lived until you’ve boogied along with Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s. No newcomer, the band has been rocking it for two de-cades, keeping alive the fi ery music of Louis Jordan and Roy Milton, among others. If you listen closely, you are sure to hear some New Orleans in there somewhere.When: 8 p.m., Feb. 27.Where: Nick’s Restaurant, 100 Rocka-way Beach, Pacifi ca.How much: Live music and dancing is always free.More info: nicksrestaurant.net.

~ Hear Sirens singWhat: The Sirens of the Pacifi c bring Bil-lie Holiday, Etta James and Chet Baker to Pacifi ca’s shores. John Worley is the bandleader and his trumpet leads this outstanding jazz quartet.When: 7:30 p.m., March 5Where: Mildred Owen Concert Hall, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifi ca.How much: $15 for member adults, $20 for nonmembers.More info: pacifi caperformances.org.

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~ Get ready for Earth DayWhat: Nowhere is Earth Day more important than in Pacifi ca, where the Pacifi ca Beach Coalition organizes thousands of volunteers every year to do something positive for the environment. The 150 volunteers who turned out in 2005 had grown in number to 7,150 last year, when clean-up crews removed 5,000 pounds of trash, 652 pounds of recyclables and 10,500 pounds of green waste from the local environment.When: 9 a.m., April 23, followed by an Eco Fest at 11 a.m.Where: South end of Linda Mar BeachHow much: Priceless.More info: Keep an eye on pacifi cabeachcoalition.org for details.


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Twenty-five years ago, Jeanne Fields was working as a secretary and feeling unfulfilled.

One day, she looked up from her desk to find

a 6-foot-5 man in a black tuxedo towering above her. His name was Tom Nixon. He was a magician who had previously performed at her company’s sales conference.

“He did magic at my desk and everybody in the department just swarmed my desk,” recalls Fields. She immediately signed up for a two-hour seminar with the magician in order to learn the tricks of the trade.

“From then on, every single day I came into work, I’m doing magic. Everywhere I was, I did magic. I took to it like a duck takes to water,” says Fields, a Pacifica resident for the last 30 years.

She studied under Nixon for two years and in 1993 ventured out on her own as Magic Jeanne. She enjoys sleight of hand tricks and says they are grounded on two concepts: misdirection and angles. Even after she tells you this, she’ll turn a purple silk into

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Jeanne Fields has has been performing magic for 25 years. She brings a unique perspective to her acts.


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“I’VE BEEN IN JAIL. I HAD A DUI. I WAS A CON PERSON. I LIED. I

CHEATED. I WAS JUST NOT A GOOD PERSON BECAUSE MY EMPHASIS

WAS ON DRINKING OR WHEN CAN I DRINK NEXT. NOW I’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT WITH THIS GIFT.”

JEANNE FIELDS, MAGICIAN

a candy-striped walking cane, or a dollar bill into a gift card, right before your eyes — and you’ll never see it coming.

The profession has had some surprising perks for her, too. Now she has what she calls her “magic mind,” which has helped her fix everything from computers to garbage disposals.

“It’s an investigative way of thinking,” say Fields. “I will not give up. I won’t take no for an answer. If you shut a door in my face, I’m going to find another door.”

Her magic mind has unlocked something else: a stage for her to share her story.

“I’ve been in jail. I had a DUI. I was a con person. I lied. I cheated,” she says. “I was just not a good person because my emphasis was on drinking or when can I drink next.

“Now I’ve got to do something right with this gift,” she said.

She’s performed for countless senior centers, Alzheimer’s units, children’s hospitals, homeless shelters, underground domestic abuse shelters and for those in drug and alcohol recovery. The latter is a journey Fields knows all too well. She says she grew up with an alcoholic father who was a traveling salesman.

“We could never have slumber parties at our house,” says Fields, “because when my dad was home you’d never know how he was coming home. So I swore I would never be like my father.

“So what happens? I end up just like him,” she said.

There is one important difference between Fields’ story and her father’s. Fields stopped drinking and found recovery from alcoholism 34 years ago through Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s a story she often shares with her audience if she thinks it will be meaningful.

“I just constantly put myself into the shoes of my audience,” says Fields. “I could be the one in the burn unit. I could be the one with dementia. It’s all about, I think, feeling their pain.”

Her magic stands in stark contrast to her days of living with lies. She agrees

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“I really want honesty in my life,” she says. “Looking the part, like I go dressed up, doesn’t make me the part. It’s just the image. And images are a façade. Many times people are just crushed inside or they’re hurting inside and they’re dressed and smiling out into the public that everything is great — and they’re croaking.”

These days, Fields spends most of her time teaching magic to children through after-school programs at Ocean Shore School in Pacifica and other schools in Burlingame, Foster City and Marin County. She also teaches magic camps in the summer. She teaches concepts that help kids both on and off the stage.

“Things go wrong all the time,” she tells them. “If something goes wrong, you drop something, something doesn’t work, you move onto the next trick.”

And despite her years of training in misdirection, she still believes that real magic does exist and is possible to achieve. It’s the most popular question the kids ask her and she tells them that Houdini was performing real magic by the time he died.

“I think it’s the unknown and something that can happen from nothing. That’s really what magic is,” says Fields. “It’s the unknown.”

She tells her students if they open their eyes they’ll see that magic is all around them.

“I look at this world of the ocean and the trees — it’s magic. Someone didn’t plant a little pond and it grew into an ocean. Someone didn’t plant a little seed and it became this huge mountain.”

The trick is understanding that anything is possible.

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“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare famously said in his romance comedy, “As You Like It,” comparing real life to a play. The Pacifi ca Spindrift Players

have turned the phrase around, bringing plays back to the real world, and, each year, the players reach a broader audience.

The company traces its formal roots back to 1959, when Maggie Moseley put together a small group of interested community players and joined forces with Sheila B. Human, who founded the Pacifi ca Players. The group’s fi rst plays included “The Tender Trap,” “The Drunkard,” and “Born Yesterday,” and were performed wherever the group could get space.

A few years later, Sydney Clark and others met to organize the Spindrift Playhouse. The group didn’t actually have a playhouse, but through community efforts members were able to erect a stage, make some curtains and eventually perform at the Pacifi ca Library meeting room. After three plays, The Pacifi ca

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Needless to say, a small community theater takes a lot of love, not to mention creativity, in order to put on quality shows with little to no money. The PSP eventually moved into a building located on the site on lower Crespi Drive, where Cabrillo School is located today. The old church building was moved on rollers to its current location on 1050 Crespi Drive, where the PSP shared the building with a community center that offered senior activities and childcare. The community center eventually relocated, and the old church building was renovated extensively.

After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, 98 real theater seats were scavenged from the Geary Theater. Raked risers were built to give the space a real theater feel, a new lighting and sound system were put in, and the Rotary Club of Pacifi ca helped paint the building and put new shingles on the roof. That’s not bad for a group that once had no home at all.

Keeping the community theater going still involves, well, the community. Gary Pugh Newman, president of the PSP, says, “We are fortunate to be expanding and that’s great for all of us. We are all volunteers, and we do it because we love theater.” He suggests that people come have a look at not just a theater production, but how a play or musical comes together.

“You could start out in hospitality and end up being a stage director,” he said. “For

Upcoming scheduleProductions set for the next few months include:Little Shop of Horrors (through March 6);Barefoot in the Park (April 8 to 24);Inherit the Wind (May 20 to June 5);God of Carnage (July 15-21).Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for students and seniors, and online or at the box offi ce. For more information, call (650) 359-8002 or visit http://www.pacifi caspindriftplayers.org/.

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anyone who’s interested, there are lots of ways to be involved, and lots of ways to grow new skills. It’s all important.”

Ruth Amber, vice president in charge of building and maintenance and Box Offi ce manager, agrees. “My husband and I fi rst came out here in 1989 and fell in love with it. I’ve been here for eight years now,” she said. “The theater is like family.”

While the crew is mostly local, people come out from San Francisco State University, Notre Dame de Namur, Skyline and Foothill colleges, and beyond. Some come to act while others come to see the productions, and stay to do more.

The plays and musicals for each season are chosen with community input.

“We have a Financial Board and an Artistic Board,” Newman says. “The ability for people to join either board is just another way we solicit community input. The Artistic Board decides what productions to put on and the Financial Board makes it happen. “ Amber adds. “We try to give people a variety of shows, so we don’t have all comedies, or all musicals.”

It takes six to eight weeks of rehearsals to put on show, depending

on the production. In 2013, the theater was temporarily yellow-tagged, but the PSP was still determined to perform. The company did one show at the old Serramonte Center, then decided to build a black box theater out of the playhouse’s hospitality room. The black box has 40 seats and allows the PSP to rotate through other productions with a different feel. The group recently put on “4,000 Miles,” which featured a four-person cast and had an intimate small-room feel about it. The main theater room is not much bigger, though, and still feels like a performance “done for you.” Both rooms are wheelchair accessible.

“A lot of local people don’t know we exist, yet,” Amber says with a hint of excitement. “We rely on word of mouth and our road sign to attract a bigger audience. There are locals who still need to discover our gem in the woods, and we hope they do.

“I remember back when our fi rst show sold out,” she said. “It was ‘West Side Story,’ and everyone was doing that show because the rights were just released. Selling out was phenomenal and shows how high-quality our productions are. People should come in and test the waters.” PACIFICA

anyone who’s interested, there are on the production. In 2013, the

The ages of the actors vary greatly in the performances.

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Wintertime has always been, for me, the gloomiest season. It’s cold, foggy, gray and wet. It is dark from

5 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Gardens are stripped down to their bones, which I admit isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Many existing plants and my fruit trees, except for the citrus, are either slow-growing or dormant.

One Christmas Day I was thinking about this state of affairs while cooking the holiday meal. It was early enough that friends and family hadn’t arrived yet, so I had a couple of hours to myself. And I needed to get some fresh air.

I wandered to the window overlooking the garden. Was there anything I could harvest to use in the holiday dinner?

I threw on an extra sweater and grabbed a colander. (I find it faster to rinse fruits, veggies, and herbs that way.) I must confess, at this point I wasn’t spending much time in the garden due to equal parts laziness and avoidance of the cold weather. However, it hadn’t been raining for a while, so grabbing my coffee mug and sliding into some garden clogs, I made my way down there and snipped some rosemary and thyme for the turkey, some lavender and lemons for my bath, mint for hot tea, and oranges and limes for garnishes for food and drinks.

I live in a sunny area. This means that we enjoy a Mediterranean climate with a microclimate zone in the “Sun Belt” Area 6, according to Pam Peirce’s book, “Golden Gate Gardening.” That means something is always growing since we don’t get extremes of either hot or very cold days. Yet, some plants are seasonal no matter what the weather. For example, I have never seen tulips in November.

I decided to wrap myself in a blanket and enjoy the brisk air for a while longer. My

garden is ideal for a little quiet and you can easily meditate or just be lost in thought. So as I was sitting and watching a hummingbird, it dawned on me that I could start a new ritual, one that would remind me that winter would eventually be over and the season would change.

To honor Mother Nature, I rounded up some of my bulbs that I didn’t get around to planting and decided to plant them then and there. It felt good to do it on this holiday. Everyone was inside, so I could enjoy the solitude. At that moment, I realized that I would do this, unless it was raining, every year and on Christmas no less. It was my way of honoring the holiday and creating a ritual that brought a smile to my face and a little happiness in knowing that I was still gardening and taking care of it. I knew that the bulbs I planted on that day would reward me the following spring in a blaze of colorful beauty.

You may ask why this day is different than any other winter day, and the answer lies in my ritual of intention. But you could pick any holiday or day you find significant. I find it increasingly important in my life to create memories and habits that ground and remind me that, no matter what has happened during the year, some things will never change. My garden will always need me. It needs good soil, compost and beneficial plants to draw in the pollinators. It needs plants that provide food and water for birds and other critters. And I need my garden — for peace, creativity, and as a way to show my thankfulness. PACIFICA

Carol Fager-Higgins has gardened most of her life and specializes in permaculture, growing edible crops, and urban gardening. She’s proud of being a Master Gardener of San Mateo/San Francisco counties since 2014.

Consult a masterIf you have a gardening question or problem, contact the University of California, Master Gardener HelpLine, which is staffed by certified Master Gardeners who are ready to provide research-based home horticulture advice. The HelpLine is generally open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Send your question and information, along with photos, to: [email protected] or call us 726-9059, ext. 107. The program’s Half Moon Bay office is located at 80 Stone Pine Road, No. 100.

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Some of Pacifica’s greatest beauty comes from its white-crested blue waves and serene beaches, where the ocean crashes on the shore to create a natural symphony of sight and sound.

However, as anyone who has lived along the sea knows, this beauty comes at a price. Pacifica has been known as a critical hotspot for coastal erosion activity for nearly a century. Erosion is a natural activity, and can be due to rises in the tides and wave run-up, storm surges, and El Niño. The big question for Pacifica residents is what can be done about it?

There are three main solutions up for debate in what is a long conversation. The first is coastal armoring, which means setting up sand bags and seawalls to keep waves from eating up the shoreline. Coastal homes and buildings are saved this way, but as tides rise, dry beaches and current habitats for plants and animals become a thing of the past. Another option is beach fill, or beach nourishment, which works by widening existing beach with sand brought in from elsewhere. The process is often expensive and the new sand can be quite different from the sand already there, but at least dry beach is preserved. Lastly, there is managed retreat, which allows the waves to move inward as they will. Of course, that means shoreline construction also has to be moved inward as well. That can be expensive, but again the option helps keep the dry beach and lets new intertidal habitats form to protect the native life.

Each solution comes at a cost, and everyone has an opinion on what solution sounds best.

“My preference is to put up some sort of armoring,” says Jenny Wilson, a longtime Pacifica resident. “Letting the ocean take over will kill local businesses, and that’s not good for any of us.”

Her husband, Rod, agrees. “I’m particularly worried about the (Sharp Park) golf course. That’s right up against the water and I don’t see how you can move that back.”

Others, including the Surfrider Foundation and the Wild Equity Institute, want to see beaches saved longterm and support a managed retreat solution.

Any one of these plans has to be looked at as a long-term response. But erosion emergencies can and do happen, as was recently the case when storms caused a massive section of dirt to fall from the cliffs near Esplanade Avenue. Pacifica declared a state of emergency and evacuated 40 residents from their nearby apartment building.

City Manager Lorie Tinfow says, “Right now we are pretty much in a reactive mode, and we need to shift to being proactive. About 5,000 of our residents live in our coastal zones; all of our hotels but one, and 50 percent of our businesses operate there. We need a long-term plan.” That may be especially true since the damage done recently to Esplanade Avenue, Palmetto Avenue and Beach Boulevard lead up to public utilities and Highway 1.

U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier came out to Pacifica to see the recent damage and spoke about needing to treat erosion not just as a local problem, but as one that needs solutions at the state and federal levels.

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A visitor enjoys a close up view of the ocean from the walkway at Rockaway Beach. About 5,000 Pacifica residents live in the coastal zone.



Linda Mar, a success storyLinda Mar Beach is a great example

of how “managed retreat” was used to preserve dry beach. The beach was a critical hotspot, subject to flooding, erosion and even disruption of the native steelhead trout habitat. Various plans similar to the ones being considered now were proposed, also with much debate. In the 1990s, the city worked with a number of agencies to implement a managed retreat solution alongside beach fill, successfully preserving dry beach, protecting the area from future flooding, and restoring habitats for four threatened and endangered species. Some of the existing structures were also removed, which let the beach widen out. The beach is pretty popular these days with the surfers, trail hikers, and people just wanting to sit on the sand and watch the waves.

“It’s not the homes on the cliffs,” she believes. “It’s the seawalls and the piers, and (it’s) an infrastructure problem that will undermine Highway 1.” Speier plans to take that argument to Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein in order to generate support beyond “the modest dollars available at the city level.”

More attention and dollars will certainly help preserve the coastline, once the city decides what path to follow. Jenny Wilson summed up the dilemma nicely. “We bring out family and friends all the time for a nice beach walk and then dinner out with a gorgeous ocean view. It would be a shame if we can’t figure out how to save both.” PACIFICA

How to join the conversationThe San Francisco Estuary Partnership has developed a

Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan for managing coastal erosion in the San Francisco Littoral Cell, which basically covers the area from the Golden Gate down to Pacifica. The plan was recently released to the public for commentary and concentrates on the following objectives:t Strategies to restore and maintain coastal beaches and critical erosion hotspots;t How to reduce the proliferation of protective shoreline structures;t Ways to sustain recreation and tourism;t How to enhance public safety and access;t Methods to restore coastal sandy habitats; andt Ways to address coastal areas that have excessive sediment.Details about the Plan and comment process can be found at http://www.sfestuary.org/

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