Treehuggers International

Save Trestles Special Revisited

Orange County is still looking at building a long sought-after toll road through the backcounty of San Onofre State Beach in the San Mateo Creek watershed, despite the state and federal government repeatedly saying no.

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Fireworks Over La Jolla Cove

Environmental attorney Marco Gonzalez is the co-founder of the Coast Law Group and the Executive Director of CERF, the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation, and has been in the vanguard in the fight against fireworks displays over the beaches at La Jolla Cove. Mr. Gonzalez and his team have also been active in pointing out the willingness of elected officials, and even the pubic, to turn a blind eye to blatant violations of state and federal clean water and clean air laws.

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Retired Ranger Steve Long Reflects On the Lessons of Trestles

One man who was there from the beginning of the park, and eventually, the toll road designs which fell upon San Onofre’s backcountry, is retired California State Parks ranger, surfer, and Senior Advisor to the San Onofre Foundation, Steve Long, who spent almost his entire outdoor career at Trestles.

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Commerce Department Hearing Regarding Trestles: Monday, September 22nd, Del Mar Fairgrounds

The Department of Commerce hearing regarding the proposed southern extension of the Foothill South 241 toll road at San Onofre State Beach and Trestles is Monday, September 22nd, from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm. The hearing will be held at the same place as the California Coastal Commission hearing in February: O’Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Turnout is EXTREMELY important; please make time to attend.

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Trestles Update

Back in February you helped the California Coastal Commission take the advice of its staff and vote 8-2 against the proposed toll road through San Onofre State Beach. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the end of the story, as the Orange County Transportation Corridor Agency quickly filed fresh papers to appeal the decision with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and successfully pressured Governor Schwarzenegger to remove actor Clint Eastwood and Schwarzenegger’s brother-in-law Bobby Shriver from the California State Park and Recreation Commission

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Arnold Sacks San Onofre Supporters (and lots more)

You achieved a monumental, benchmark success in the fight to keep San Onofre State Beach and Trestles wild and clean at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on February 3rd, helping the California Coastal Commission take the advice of its staff and vote 8-2 against the proposed toll road through San Onofre State Beach. However, despite the victory, it’s the only the end of a chapter, and Arnold’s follow-up move, likely made at the behest of developers, was an ominous surprise.

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Governor Sides With Toll Road Politicians and Developers

Revised! New location: California Coastal Commission hearing at Wyland Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds February 6th, 2007 at 9:00 am. This is open to the public!

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