Oceanside, CA – June 9, 2025 – On Thursday, June 5th the SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Working Group (SPWG) selected the City of Oceanside’s RE:BEACH project as the region’s representative pilot project that seeks to employ the use of innovative sand retention techniques to restore beaches. The designation fulfills a key goal identified in the 2001 SANDAG Regional Sand Retention Strategy. With this designation, SANDAG will incorporate RE:BEACH into future updates of its shoreline policy and planning documents, collaborate with the City of Oceanside during the environmental compliance process to identify impacts and mitigation for the RE:BEACH project, support the City of Oceanside with its efforts to seek construction funding, and align the implementation of SANDAG’s third Regional Beach Sand Project (RBSP III) and RE:BEACH.
