Coastal Commission Compromises with Approval of Pacifica’s Land Use Plan to Include SSRA’s as a “Bridge to the Future” Allowing Continued and Refined Adaptation Planning as a Precedent

VIDEO. From California Coastal Commission meeting on Thursday, May 8th, 2025, held at the Oceano Hotel near Half Moon Bay at Pillar Point Harbor. Agenda. Staff Report.
Plan Pacifica.
SSRA = Special Shoreline Resiliency Areas.
Vote: 8-1 with O’Malley as no.

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Starts at 59:15

City of Pacifica Local Coastal Program Amendment Number (City of Pacifica LUP Update)
The City of Pacifica is proposing a complete update of its Local Coastal Program (LCP) Land Use Plan (LUP). The City’s LUP was originally approved by the Commission in 1980, and the current LCP, including the Implementation Plan (IP), was certified with the City assuming coastal development permitting (CDP) authority in 1994. The City plans to update its IP following certification of the proposed LUP update. In the interim, the City intends for the updated LUP to provide the primary standard of review for proposed development, and if there were to be any conflicts between the updated LUP and the older IP (and these are to be expected until the IP, too, is updated), the updated LUP would prevail.

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