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Ocean Beach Master Plan

Creating a sustainable future for San Francisco's coast

Ocean Beach, one of the gems of the San Francisco landscape, faces significant challenges. Since 2010, SPUR has led an extensive interagency and public process to develop the Ocean Beach Master Plan, a comprehensive vision to address sea level rise, protect infrastructure, restore coastal ecosystems and improve public access.

The Ocean Beach Master Plan and Implementation Studies are made possible by the State Coastal Conservancy, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the National Park Service.

 

Updates

Devil's Slide Coastal Trail: An Inspiration for Ocean Beach

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After a 20-year public process, a project to convert a landslide-prone portion of Highway 1 into a multi-use coastal trail is finally complete. The new Devil's Slide Trail welcomes hikers, cyclists, horse riders and dog walkers. With its similarities to erosion-damaged sections of the Great Highway, Devil's Slide offers a model for implementing some of the recommendations in SPUR’s Ocean Beach Master Plan.

Ocean Beach Master Plan Receives Top Waterfront Honor Award

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In September, SP UR's Ocean Beach Master Plan received the Waterfront Center's 2013 Top Honor Award. The annual awards are granted to projects that "represent the best national and international efforts at furthering excellence on the waterfront." It was the project's second major award and a recognition its collaborative approach to climate adaptation. The Waterfront Center helps communities enhance their urban waterfront resources through…

Fight or Flight: Sea Level Rise Leads to Increased Consideration of Managed Retreat

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Under the threat of sea level rise, a number of coastal communities around the world will have to decide between protecting coastal homes and structures or giving way to the persistent impacts of coastal erosion by retreating from the coastline. A recent FEMA-funded study warned that each year, on average 1500 homes and the land on which they are built could erode into the…

Green Infrastructure for San Francisco's Western Neighborhoods

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As a city with a combined sewer system—meaning that stormwater enters the wastewater treatment system—the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is undertaking projects around the city to divert stormwater into landscaping, in order to reduce demand on the aging sewer system. One of the eight green infrastructure projects in the SFPUC’s 20 year, multi-billion dollar Sewer System Improvement Program is the Sunset Boulevard…

Ocean Beach Implementation Studies: Multimodal Transportation Analysis

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SPUR and its partners kicked off the Multimodal Transportation Analysis on July 26th, making it the second in a series of three implementation studies that will help agencies analyze and move forward with recommendations made in the Ocean Beach Master Plan (OBMP). The OBMP presents a number of recommendations that would have significant transportation implications, most notably the closure of the Great Highway south of…

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