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Hiemstra said. He added marinas in those cities and other coastal munici- palities will need to make infrastruc- ture adjustments to accommodate a 2- foot rise in ocean levels. Other impacts from sea level rise include high surf, king tides and coastal flooding, according to Hiemstra. The 2013 UCLA School of Law
report said whether Southern California’s coastal communities are resilient to sea level rise would depend upon what policies local governments enact to address the prospects of an evolving coastline. “As the primary coastal land use decision-makers, Southern California’s local governments will make choices that will shape the region’s resilience to sea-level rise,” Herzog and Hecht said. “Southern California’s history of tense coastal land use battles suggests that sea level rise planning in the region will be politicized and litigious.” The California Coastal Commission
and several local communities have begun looking into how to address pre- dicted sea level rise. Santa Monica accepted a $235,000
grant from the California Ocean Protection Council in 2014 to study the impacts of coastal storms and sea level rise.
The city of Newport Beach have been discussing how to address aging seawalls in its harbor to prevent pre- dicted coastal flooding and limit impacts of sea level rise on the local boating community. In October 2015 the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography in San Diego launched the Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation to study sea level rise and develop strate- gies of how the state’s coastal commu- nities could best adapt to potential coastline changes. Coastal commissioners adopted a guidance document in August 2015 to help local and state leaders adapt to variations of sea level rise, should it occur, within the next 50 to 100 years. California has the third longest coastline in the nation, behind Alaska and Florida. An estimated 75 percent of the California population live along the state’s bay and coastal shores, according to the Assembly’s Select Committee on Sea Level Rise and the Economy. There are several websites offering sea level mapping tools, such as NOAA’s digital coast sea level rise and coastal flooding viewer (
coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slr) and a federal government data portal (
data.gov/climate). “It is not hopeless,” Hiemstra said.
“What is needed is a serious planning by property owners and government agencies to develop strategies to deal with sea level rise in the short and long term. Our coast is going to change, our challenge is to adapt to the change we can’t control, and take steps to mini- mize the magnitude and speed of that change.”
The Log • Feb. 26 - Mar. 10, 2016 • 13 IN MEMORIAM — Robert Kearns
San Diegan was known as Mr. PLYC.
POINT LOMA — Last month Point Loma Yacht Club lost Robert “Bob” Kearns, who was a fixture at the club. Kearns climbed the ladder all the way to commodore; and was known as Mr. PLYC and did everything he could to make sure the club ran smoothly but more importantly the members had fun. Born in Utah in 1948, Kearns landed
in San Diego 27 years ago enjoying one of his passions: surfing. It didn’t take long before the sailing bug bit him and he and his wife, Donna, purchased a boat. Kearns was active in local racing along with Mexico races. He earned a third place finish at Key West Race Week.
Those who knew Kearns closely knew him as a very peaceful, calm, kind, loyal friend and a remarkably good guy. Kearns was loved very much by his family and friends.
Robert “Bob” Kearns
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