Opponents of Measure L in Pacifica will hold a fundraiser/concert Friday, October 6, from 7:30 - 11pm at the Sanchez Concert Hall, 1220A Linda Mar Boulevard. The concert features blues/jam/groove band The Blue Swamis, psychedelic surf rock band Pollo del Mar, and female Rolling Stones tribute band Lick (featuring Chick Jagger), plus special guests TBA. A $20 donation is suggested, and beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be served.
The fundraiser will help defeat Measure L-- a permanent zoning change which would authorize 355 housing units in the Quarry, threatening environmentally-sensitive habitat and creating a commute-hour traffic nightmare for Pacifica and the Coastside. In addition to several Pacifica groups, Measure L is also opposed by the Sierra Club, Committee for Green Foothills, Greenbelt Alliance, San Mateo County League for Coastal Protection, and the Green Party of San Mateo County, among others.
For more information, visit http://www.PacificaQuarry.org
I would recommend everyone from HMB and north who suffers with a.m. traffic in Pacifica send money to help this true grassroots campaign, even if yiu cannot attend. This Peebles project t will make our a.m. & p.m. commutes take even longer and be even more unpleasant. Imagine 3000 + additional car trips a day - clogging an already congested corridor.
There is not good community based reason to add residential to a zoning that is already commercial. Pacifica needs the ongoing, long term sales tax and transient occupancy tax dollars - it does not need to entitle another 300+ residential units. Units that will ultimately drain the tax based in Pacifica with residential services, and add nothing to the commercial tax base that should be growing.
This issue is much bigger than Pacifica. Read the Association of Bay Area Governments Subregional Planning Report. It is a good presentation of the facts.
http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/subregional/cspp/