“Many residents in one of the Bay Area's most popular day-trip destinations are being told that they may need to abandon their homes as sea levels rise.” Stinson Beach is a fascinating case study in adaptation and retreat (1/x). sfgate.com/local/article/…
“Studies show that numerous homes in Stinson Beach will flood with just one foot of sea rise, an unavoidable result of human-caused climate change. Data from NOAA projects that this will likely happen in under 20 years.”
“Six years ago, residents in two of the lowest lying neighborhoods in Stinson Beach — Calles and the Sonoma-Patio — received notice from the county informing them that sea level rise would ‘have an impact on their ability to get permits for improvements on their properties.’”
"Lots of people delighted with their beach house and their one-and-a-half-minute walk to the beach all of a sudden discovered that you wouldn't be able to get a permit, for anything," resident and HOA President Mike Matthews said.
"That equates to 'can’t sell your house,' and that equates to loss of the value of it so there was an extreme reaction."
“The commission sees the loss of homes as inevitable and is advocating for a ‘managed retreat,’ meaning the homes in the low-lying areas will need to be moved or abandoned.”
“The more affluent area of Seadrift at the north end of the beach installed an expensive rock wall along the ocean. Many of the multi-million dollar homes in the Seadrift community are also based on raised foundations, unlike the housing down the beach.” (X/x)
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