- The BCPUD-appointed Beach Committee's chair Magi Barror observes: "Our two-year study covered all the issues Bruce mentions and more. To identify root causes and possible solutions, we engaged with most community organizations as well as the County and Coastal Commission. The committee's study did not show that camping was the most important issue; but many committee members resigned because a few members persisted in focusing discussion on a camping ban."
- Beach problems already have been reduced by the ideas and efforts of the committee, community groups, and volunteer residents. Also, there are fewer campers now due to the County's existing weekend ban, and they are generally respectful and appreciative. Campers do not cause most of our beach problems.
- Toilet hygiene is best addressed by pointing visitors to our public facilities and suggesting plastic bags and bottles. The Park Service does not forbid people from making the two-day ascent of El Capitan for fear of raining waste. Climbers just honor the "pack it in - pack it out" motto, as beach goers here should for all their trash.
- Bolinas may or may not be the last camping beach in California; but if so, we should take pride, take our stewardship as an honor, and show what we can do without invoking further County restrictions. We are hosts of this public commons just as communities elsewhere have been hosts to many of us in their commons. Bolinas can do this! Vote NO.
Don Smith
Vic Amoroso
Magi Barror
Don Deane
Judy Molyneux
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