Pilings Foes Aim to Reconfigure Goleta Beach Preservation Plan | Noozhawk.com

Pilings Foes Aim to Reconfigure Goleta Beach Preservation Plan | Noozhawk.com
Environmental Defense Center, Surfrider Foundation press Coastal Commission to consider compromise

With more than 1 million visitors each year, Goleta Beach Park is easily one of the South Coast’s favorite attractions. Its lawn, picnic tables and barbecue pits, accessible restrooms and a restaurant attract all sorts of beachgoers from miles around.

Noozhawk.com - Goleta Council Backs Pilings Plan to Slow Beach Park Erosion

Noozhawk.com - Goleta Council Backs Pilings Plan to Slow Beach Park Erosion

Save Goleta Beach

Santa Barbara County’s proposal to replenish the eroding beach and construct additional pilings and deck adjacent to the Goleta Pier – called a “permeable pier piling system” – will be reviewed on June 10 by the California Coastal Commission. Click here for more information.

If you agree that Goleta Beach County Park is a priceless resource that needs to be saved, let the California Coastal Commission know how you feel. Attend the hearing on June 10th, call the Coastal Commission at 805-585-1800, write Jack Ainsworth, Deputy Director, CA Coastal Commission, 89 South California Street, Ventura CA 93001 or sign a petition.

Is it time to ban alcohol from Goleta Pier?

A volunteer caretaker seems to think so. "The bottom line is that most of the litter and vandalism are the direct result of unregulated drinking on the pier at night."

Rescue Team Saves Man Off Goleta Beach

KCOY (Video)
4/9/07

GOLETA - A team of firefighters and police rescued a man who got into trouble Monday off Goleta Beach.

Investigators say the man was in a boat when he started having problems.

Then, they say the man got into the water himself, but got stranded.

Crews found him about a quarter-mile offshore.

They say he was disoriented and was suffering from hypothermia.

Paramedics took him to the hospital for treatment.

Santa Barbara Newsroom

SWIMMER RESCUED AT GOLETA BEACH

GOLETA, April 9, 2007 — A disoriented swimmer suffering from hypothermia
was rescued Monday a quarter-mile off the west end of Goleta Beach County Park,
officials said.

The unidentified man was hauled ashore at 5:13 p.m. by a team of 10 Santa
Barbara County firefighters who used a rescue watercraft, according to
authorities who took the man via ambulance to Cottage Hospital.

The UCSB Police Department assisted in the rescue.

- Tom Schultz

Goleta Beach Draft EIR Scheduled For Release

The Independent is reporting that the draft EIR for the erosion-plagued shores of Goleta Beach is scheduled for release in less than a month.

SB County Parks Commissioners gathered to hear the details of two primary proposals to protect the shores of Goleta Beach. County staff said both plans would each cost approximately $9 million.

Click here for the full story at the Independent.

Click here for the SB County Parks Commission Staff Report (Feb 22 Meeting, Agenda Item 2).