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On Monday, June 12, WiLDCOAST joined a team of activists, surfers, and business owners in the state capital in a show of unity against the proposed toll road that would run through San Onofre State Park.
by Serge Dedina
14/06/2006:// A press conference was held on the Capitol steps, with a diverse group of speakers reperesenting WiLDCOAST, The Surfrider Foundation, Native Americans, the Sierra Club, the California State Legislature, and the surf industry. Ben McCue, WiLDCOAST's Coastal Conservation Program Manager, decried the lack of environmental justice in harming a public resource for a pay-to-drive road.
"Not only are we fighting to protect critical wetland, endangered species habitat, and the California economy, but we’re defending the right of our diverse communities to visit and enjoy San Onofre State Park. Our state parks and beaches are the best tool we have to raise environmental awareness. It is critical they remain open to all. Defending our state parks—our legacy to our children--is the biggest issue of environmental justice in California. In South San Diego County, where WiLDCOAST works, the majority of families don’t have the luxury to go on expensive surf trips to Indonesia or Hawaii. Trestles is the only world-class surf destination they can afford to visit. During the summer months the beach at Trestles is packed with San Diegans and San Mateo Campground is a favorite for working-class south San Diego families. These families have already lost two state beaches in south San Diego County to pollution. We cannot afford to lose another."
The press conference was followed by meetings with Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks, Sarah Cristie, a lobbiest for the California Coastal Commission, and fours meetings with California State Legislaters.
Two days prior, the Senate Budget Finace Commitee voted down a bill written by Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D- Santa Barbara) that would have prohibited the development of toll roads on state parks land. Despite this defeat, the fight to save San Onofre State Park and Trestles Beach is far from over.
Elizabeth Lamb of the Sierra Club concluded, "Our press conference and presence in Sacramento sent a clear message to everyone (friends and foes) that we are serious about protecting our state park and that we are in it for the long haul."
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