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San Diego Approves Nature-Based Coastal Resilience Plan, Advances Four Sites to Engineering

The unanimous vote triggers feasibility studies, environmental review plus community and Tribal coordination supported by more than $1.3 million in grants.

Tourmaline Beach seen on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 in San Diego. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
How the proposal would alter the Sunset Cliffs area

Overview

  • The City Council voted 8–0 to adopt the Coastal Resilience Master Plan to reduce flooding and erosion risks at six priority coastal locations.
  • Staff will move Tourmaline Surf Park, Ocean Beach projects at Dog Beach and the pier, and Sunset Cliffs into the Capital Improvement Program for initial engineering over the next year.
  • In a late change, Mission Beach lost fast-track status after lifeguards warned the concept could constrain rescue access, leaving Mission Beach and La Jolla Shores to await later funding and analysis.
  • The plan emphasizes elevated dunes, habitat restoration and realigned parks or roads, including converting Sunset Cliffs Boulevard to one southbound lane with a protected walkway and removing cliff-edge parking.
  • Immediate steps include feasibility and environmental studies plus project-level outreach and Tribal coordination, guided by a 2019 assessment that found $208 million to $370 million in shoreline public assets could be at risk by 2050.