August 2017
July 30, 2017Save Our Shores #SaveOurSand campaign, in partnership with Surfrider Monterey, succeeds in pressuring the California Coastal Commission, State Lands Commission and City of Marina to take separate legal actions against the CEMEX sand mining operation. On July 13, Coastal Commissioners unanimously approve settlement to permanently close the CEMEX facility in a 2020 phase out agreement that will result in habitat restoration and the 400-acre property put in permanent conservation.