Volunteers digitize 1978 Coastside community plan

Volunteers have posted a copy of the 1978 "Montara - Moss Beach - El Granada Community Plan". This must have been a huge effort, because the original document was an 11 x 11 inch comb-bound monster—not a convenient size to scan at all. The plan was created by residents of the San Mateo coastal communities with the aid of County planners.  According to site creator Leonard Woren:

This led to the Land Use Plan which was approved by the Board of Supervisors and the California Coastal Commission. The LUP became part of the Local Coastal Program adopted by the Board of Supervisors and certified by the California Coastal Commission. This visionary Plan has held up through the years because current residents who have seen it have expressed appreciation for it.

In the late 1990’s, the County tried to collect all existing printed copies of the Plan, claiming that it was being updated and that they didn’t want obsolete versions floating around. Of course it was never updated and it seems as though the County is determined to undermine the Plan by allowing all-out development.

If you’re one of those people who can’t get enough of old planning documents (and you know who you are) the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) 1999 study of the challenges faced by Half Moon Bay, the Midcoast and Pacifica is still on ABAG’s site. This "Coastside Subregional Planning Project"  plan specifically references the 1978 Community Plan in its footnotes for "For shoreline access, recreation, open space and resource conservation policies".