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VIDEOS. From the Granada Community Services District (GCSD) board meetings on Thursday, October 16th, 2025 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting with remote comment. Coastside Allies is led by El Granadian, Kevin Sniecinski.
El Granada Festive will include multiple days and nights of events for the entire family or anyone wanting to participate. A kick off will include a tree lighting on Friday, December 19th, 2025. Stay tuned!!
Coastside Allies Co-Founders Kevin Sniecinski and Steve Wahl have dedicated over 30 years to transforming fear into purposeful action, both in their professional careers and personal lives.  Moving away from careers that allowed them to explore community barriers to structural, multi-generational changes and the funding to address those changes, they now work in a community-driven space. Rather than simply attending community meetings or councils where progress is often slow, they began actively researching various issues, pinpointing their root causes, and bringing together local volunteers to directly address these challenges. Â
The guiding principle at the heart of their work is “by the community, for the community.” Kevin Sniecinski frequently presents at different events and engages with elected officials and department leaders, and leadership within our local community-based organizations, both in the county and beyond. Establishing partnerships that transform lives, strengthen communities, and foster positive mindsets. From coat drives to policy change, they are busy at work!
Coastside Allies has a new group page. Everyone interested is welcome to join.
Coastside Allies emerged as a way to take advocacy and structural intervention to an organic, non-regimented, and always emerging platform.
The group started with a team of 7, and now is run by 27 co-founders and over 125 community volunteers.
Tackling gaps in service provision for local, county-wide CBOs and grass-root efforts, to working on policy change with elected officials, department leaders, and community boards, councils, and organizations. We work intentionally in spaces that honor the basic principles of equal human rights.
We believe that you are your politics. As such, we pay careful attention to opposing efforts that work to isolate and/or discriminate.
More simply, you are a perfect match if you truly believe EQUAL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. Our group includes a diverse skill set amongst its members, with many industry leaders in our collective backgrounds. We embrace science, prevention, and cutting-edge interventions as part of our policy work and core values.
In our first year, we raised over $80k for community-based efforts to combat hunger, provided linkage to care access to over 750 families.
We organized 9 separate events, such as coat drives, back-to-school needs, holiday food drives, and more. All members can propose an effort or campaign for us to support.
We are all leaders, neighbors, and concerned citizens who want to get things done! Welcome!
“By the Community, for the Community”.
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Granada Community Services District
Regular Board Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm in the District’s meeting room.
Watch remotely. Comments and questions by email.
Granada Community Services District (GCSD) Agendas and Zoom Links
Granada Community Services District (GCSD) PCTV Videos
The District is responsible for parks, recreation, garbage and recycling services in the unincorporated areas of El Granada, Princeton, Princeton-by-the-Sea, Clipper Ridge, and Miramar.
GCSD Regular Board Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm in the District’s meeting room, and are normally shown on Pacific Coast TV (PCT) (Cable channel 27) at 6:00 am on Wednesday and at 11:00 am Saturday following the meeting (but check the schedule as show times can vary).
Mission Statement
To protect public health and safety, preserve our environment, and maintain fiscal soundness by providing high quality service for wastewater, solid waste collection, recycling, and serving the community’s needs for parks and recreation, through responsible operations and management.
The Granada Sanitary District was formed in 1958 under the California Sanitary District Act of 1923. In October of 2014, the District was reorganized as the Granada Community Services District under California Government Code 61000 et seq. The District is responsible for parks, recreation, garbage and recycling services in the unincorporated areas of El Granada, Princeton, Princeton-by-the-Sea, Clipper Ridge, and Miramar. The District is also responsible for the sewage collection system and disposal for approximately 2,500 residences and businesses in these same unincorporated areas as well as the northern portion of the City of Half Moon Bay. Garbage and recycling services are provided by Recology of the Coast under a franchise agreement with the Granada Community Services District.
The District office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and is located on the third floor of 504 Avenue Alhambra, El Granada. To contact the District please call (650) 726-7093. Regular board meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 7:30p.m.
The GCSD board from left: Wanda Bowles, Barbara Dye, Jen Randle, Nancy Marsh, Matt Allen; Hope Atmore, Assistant General Manager.
2025 Board of Directors
Board members serve four year terms, and are elected on a staggered two year basis in even numbered years. Board members receive $190/meeting (per ordinance #77 passed 2/2024) as compensation for their service on the board.
Jen Randle
Position: President
Term: 2022-2026
Email Address: jrandle@granada.ca.gov
Barbara Dye
Position: Vice President
Term: 2022-2026
Email Address: bdye@granada.ca.gov
Wanda Bowles
Position: Director
Term: 2024-2028
Email Address: wbowles@granada.ca.gov
VACANCY~ Jill M. Grant RESIGNED 4/23/2025. >>>. Matt Allen appointed May 15th, 2025.
Position: Director
Term: 2022-2026
Phone: 530-338-5716
Email Address: jgrant@granada.ca.gov
Nancy Marsh
Position: Director
Term: 2024-2028
Email Address: nmarsh@granada.ca.gov
Board members serve four year terms, and are elected on a staggered two year basis in even numbered years. Board members receive $145 per meeting as compensation for their service on the board.
Staff
General Manager: Chuck Duffy, Dudek & Associates
Assistant General Manager: Hope Atmore
Legal Counsel: William Parkin, Wittwer Parkin LLP
District Engineer: John Rayner, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Administrative Assistant: Nora Mayen
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