The City of Long Beach wants to pave our sand beach with a new beach path that WE DON’T NEED and that will make our beach look like a freeway. The construction will cost $5 million from the public’s Tidelands Funds, and the new path will be built 20 feet closer to the ocean with a 10 foot ‘dead-zone’ ribbon of sand between the two paths. Long Beach already has a beach path and one path is enough. A sand beach is a natural treasure and should be valued for its own recreational value, and preserved for the enjoyment of all visitors– not just bicyclists and runners. The sand beach is NOT city property. Normal beach towns respect their beach and attract visitors to take their shoes off, walk across the sand and enjoy the ocean. Long Beach is a beach town! When is it going to start acting like it?! This project is under review at the California Coastal Commission and they’re scheduled to decide in mid-June. If you believe that one beach path is enough and that our sand beach should be protected for its natural beauty and traditional beach use and NOT PAVED send an email today to: Mr. Charles Posner California Coastal Commission, South Coast Region cposner@coastal.ca.gov and Councilman Gary DeLong, 3rd District Gary.Delong@longbeach.gov Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal, 2nd District Suja.Lowenthal@longbeach.gov Sign our petition for the California Coastal Commission: www.ipetitions.com/petition/one-beach-path-is-enough