Surfrider Foundation San Diego County

Come to our April Open House and leave a #DrillingIsKilling baddie! Join us April 2 at 6 PM at New English Brewing to learn about offshore oil drilling—and how it could impact San Diego’s coastline and the waves we love. Save your spot—register here: https://lnkd.in/gD2ZtTMw Can't make it? Share with your family and friends who might be interested.

San Diego Chapter Manager and volunteers headed to Ventura for the annual CA Chapter and Club Conference earlier this month. 150 ocean advocates, 840 miles of coastline, one mission: protect and enjoy the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gBVrHs9S

🚫🛢️ Join us and stay informed, take action, and use your voice! ⁠ ⁠ 🌊 Hear from Surfrider Foundation's Ocean Protection Manager on our campaign strategy and the status of BOEM's draft planning for offshore drilling.⁠ #Drillingiskilling ⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Register here to attend: https://lnkd.in/gu9SfX_9 ⁠ 📷️: Anh Truong Craver (@wave.cravers)

Do you run an equity-focused nonprofit that uses local parks or beaches for programming? A recently enacted law we’ve supported, AB 2939, is designed to make your work easier — reducing time spent navigating permits and fees and increasing time spent doing what matters most: connecting communities to the outdoors. AB 2939 creates a new pathway for eligible nonprofits and Tribes to access local parks and beaches with fewer barriers. The law is intended to expand programming opportunities, reduce administrative hurdles, and make outdoor experiences more accessible for youth and families. If your equity focused organization has ever struggled with complicated permitting processes or high access costs, this info session is for you. Outdoor Outreach, Un Mar de Colores, and PADDLE FOR PEACE invite you to join our upcoming info session to learn how AB 2939 can support your programs and expand equitable access to public outdoor spaces. Thursday, February 26 · 5:00–6:00 PM During the session we’ll cover: • Why this law was created and what it does • Who is eligible • How implementation is taking shape and available resources • Live Q&A RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/g8ipypAF Please share with organizations or partners who may benefit.

Join our Ocean Friendly Restaurants (OFR) learning opportunity! We’re looking for volunteers to help us grow our network of sustainable eateries. ⁠ ⁠ Discover how the OFR program works and get trained to lead compliance checks and new registrations. You’ll play a vital role in helping local businesses ditch single-use plastics and reduce waste, ensuring our favorite meals don’t come at the cost of our oceans. ⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gD-JEPSj

Lets talk!! WHAT IS AB 2939? AB 2939 (Rendon, 2024) simplifies access to parks and beaches owned, operated, or managed by local governments(not state or federal) for eligible nonprofits and Tribes. This law supports organizations offering interpretive services to groups of 30 participants or fewer, ensuring they are treated the same as the general public by reducing unnecessary barriers such as: Excessive permitting requirements Unreasonable fees Complicated access processes Ultimately, AB 2939 helps expand access to public spaces for outdoor programming and environmental education. WHY JOIN? These info sessions are designed to: Provide context on AB 2939 Share how it can be used for your programs Answer your questions and clarify eligibility RSVP HERE: https://lnkd.in/g8ipypAF

We stand against the unjust violence inflicted upon those who are exercising their civic rights. Social justice and environmental protection are inseparable. The violent harassment and recent killing of community members during federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and around the country are deeply disturbing. They demand the full attention of the American public and Congress. The harassment and deaths require truth, accountability, and a sober reckoning on the abuse of power being exercised in our country. The Surfrider Foundation exists to protect our ocean, waves, and beaches — for all people — through civic engagement and advocacy. Critical to Surfrider’s mission are the constitutional guarantees of peaceful assembly, protest, and free speech. Communities that lack political power are the same communities that bear the greatest burden of pollution, climate change, and environmental harm. We cannot protect public resources, public access, or public health in a society where the government routinely violates constitutional rights, ignores due process requirements, lies to the people it should serve, and uses state violence without accountability. We must be able to speak out about the issues that are important to us, without fear for our lives. A society that fails to protect civil liberties cannot effectively protect the environment we all depend on. America is a nation born of immigrants, strengthened by its diversity. While imperfect, the ideal of America stands for liberty, freedom, and opportunity for all. Our democracy is strongest when it chooses transparency over secrecy, accountability over impunity, and compassion over cruelty. Surfrider will continue to stand in solidarity with communities demanding justice, defending civil liberties, and working toward a future where both people and the planet are protected with integrity and care — without fear, without violence, and without exception.

👋 We’re excited to introduce our 2026 Executive Committee (EC)!⁠ ⁠ Our volunteer EC serves as the chapter’s governing body and works closely with our Chapter Manager to protect the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network.⁠ ⁠ Say hello next time you see them at one of our events! ⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/g8rsHFB7

San Diego elected leaders, businesses, environmentalists, and community members spoke out loudly against the U.S. Department of Interior’s offshore oil and gas drilling proposal at a people’s hearing event in Encinitas on Thursday evening. An estimated 175 people attended the event organized by the California Coastal Protection Network, Surfrider Foundation, Oceana, and Wildcoast. Read blog: https://lnkd.in/gBjNGwN7 Photo: Anh Truong Craver