San Onofre State Beach needs our help!

The toll road backers in Orange County are appealing to the federal government to override the Coastal Commission and get special approval to build their toll road through San Onofre State Beach.

Click here and take 30 seconds to send a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, urging him to deny the toll road appeal.

You’ll remember that on February 6, the California Coastal Commission voted overwhelmingly to deny federal Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) consistency certification for the Foothill-South Toll Road. The hearing lasted 14 hours and was packed with over 3,500 people. At the end of the day, the Commission voted 8-2 to oppose consistency certification for the road, finding that it violated virtually every provision of the state’s Coastal Act.

But the TCA has appealed that strong decision to the U.S. Department of Commerce and is working to overturn the Commission’s ruling. The Secretary of Commerce will be making a final decision on the appeal and needs to hear from you!

Park supporters need to make their voices heard. Help us tell decision-makers in Washington D.C. that the federal government and the current Administration cannot overturn the Coastal Commission’s clear and thoughtful decision on this matter.

Please send a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, urging him to deny the toll road appeal. Public comments will be accepted until May 28 – tell your friends and family to send a letter supporting San Onofre State Beach, too!

Well, I guess Arnold got pissed and last week he booted his brother-in-law, Bobby Shriver, and actor Clint Eastwood off a state parks commission that also voted to oppose the controversial toll road.

This may make thinks tough around the Schwarzenegger/Shriver household during the holidays this year! I hope Arnold thought this one through as Maria may withhold a little something-something from her boy Arnold for firing her bro….

Shriver and Eastwood served salary-free on the State Park and Recreation Commission which is charged with approving plans for California’s parks and recommending ways to protect and develop the system.

I guess these guys had a brain and felt the same as many residents that putting a 6 lane toll road through a beautiful and much-used state park was a bad idea… but not the Governator!

Shriver said he was bummed that he could no longer work to protect our park system from developers and said, “It shows you how strong these developers were that were able to arm-wrestle the governor into firing us”.

Who’s the girly-man now, Arnold?!?