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County completes purchase of Mirada Surf
A popular 49-acre coastside parcel including bluffs, wetlands, and forested hillsides is the newest property owned by San Mateo County, thanks to CGF's continued defense of this prime coastal site in El Granada.
Over the past decades, a number of development schemes have been proposed for this site, including a large hotel and 86 homes, a 263-unit RV park, tent-camping sites, and a driving range, and a
housing development.
The purchase seals a deal started several years ago as the brainchild of CGF Legislative Advocate Lennie Roberts. Tiring of defending the parcel -- designated as open space in the County's
Local Coastal Plan -- from repeated development proposals, Roberts suggested to the developer that they consider making the parcel -- already popular with Coastal residents -- a park. To her
surprise and delight, they agreed. Thanks to fundraising efforts by the The County's purchase of the parcel follows by two years their
purchase of the eastern portion of Mirada Surf, and sets the stage for the entire 49 acres becoming the newest County park. The County is expected to embark on a planning process for the park,
but in the meantime the informal trail on the property (a link in the Coastal Trail) and are the beach are open to the public. The property is along Highway 1 in El Granada, behind El Granada
School and just south of Surfer's Beach. Park status would preserve coastal views and allow access improvements and completion of the For background information on the Committee's long-term
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