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> They ship it in by sea on huge barges that are quite something to watch. Not shipped in, pumped in: The source is less than a mile offshore, overlying a reef that supported lots of marine life, much of which is now being picked over by seagulls. The hope is that friction and inertia will prevail for a few years against wave action and gravity. But, the project has its nose in the trough provided by the national and state taxpayers, and local politicians go along. > tourism spend a lot of money on their beach sand Not a factor in Solana Beach, the Chamber of Commerce is utterly supine on public policy issues. Rather, it's the owners of houses on the bluff top, where prices start in the high 7 digits, who drive beach policy: they all have, or want to construct, concrete armored seawalls. Like these: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9963108,-117.276439,3a,75y,8... With an effectively unlimited legal budget to invent ways around the law and litigate against the Coastal Commission, and willingness to mob City Council meetings, incumbents keep their mouths shut. Local resistance has collapsed down to a few die-hards at environmentalist groups, e.g. https://sandiego.surfrider.org, fighting what amounts to a retreating action. |