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April 20, 2020, 1:15 am
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Update by UC Santa Barbara
The University is conducting emergency stabilization of the lagoon berm.
The beach is still open and accessible near the bathrooms.
The berm will be closed to the public while the work is being done, and we expect it to be completed by mid-May.
By an edhat reader
To the dismay of local surfers, UCSB is erecting a fence at Campus Point to keep people off the beach and out of the water.
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Now THAT is absurd. I’m 100% for social distancing and businesses being closed (where social distancing makes them a risk), but closing open, outdoor areas such as a beach is asinine. NO ONE is getting covid from going to the beach, unless they are getting up close with other beach goers. I was worried this would happen with our cancel/close everything mentality. What a shame!
Please post something that documents that.
Surfers are being ordered around and told by Gavin Newsom that they cannot go into the ocean. Think about that.
If UCSB does not want flush down the toilet any good will they have with Goletians, they need to quickly send out a press release clearly stating what is going on. We put up with a lot of garbage from our neighbors at UCSB, but this is going too far.
I can’t trim my trees within the coastal zone but UCSB can unilaterally erect a fence that prevents beach access? WTF?
Surfers are being ordered around and told by [insert officious government hack’s name here] that they cannot go into the ocean. Think about that. (There, fixed.)
@1:36 pm Source please? I’m doubting.
Funny, they managed to build that whole set of stairs without closing the beach.
So much for bolstering my vitamin D.
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If you take a look at the live beach cam (http://128.111.168.38/surf.html), it looks more like they’re restricting access to the stairs on the far right, which go up from the lagoon outlet to the bluff.
Look at the web cam, there are people on the beach right now. Maybe it’s not closed? http://128.111.168.38/surf.html
police state!
Let’s all get out knees out of our foreheads haha!
UCSB’s update to explain the berm improvements does not explain nor forgive blocking the primary access point to one of the most used local beaches in our area. With zero notification. For crying out loud, it isn’t hard to notify the public…they were able to update edhat in about an hour.
Give me a break! Do you expect a personal message every time something is being repaired? And, I doubt this is one of the “most used beaches”. Especially, since UCSB is shut down right now. They quickly updated this. Good for them. Shame on whoever submitted this to edhat without all the information.
Bosco, maybe you work for UCSB but you’re clearly not from Goleta.
Glad to hear it’s for a sensible reason!
Essential work my @ss. How does something like this slide past the coastal commission? UCSB espouses environmental sustainability but practices one of the more damaging coastal protection strategies.
Vitamen D uptake doesn’t require a beach, or farmers in the “heartland” wouldn’t get enough E to prevent rickets instead of fighting skin cancer and getting cataracts early.