California regulators approve huge Ocean Beach seawall – San Francisco Chronicle

Ocean Beach in San Francisco, along the Great Highway. (by Sara Rosado, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via Flickr).

On Thursday, California’s main coastal protection agency approved a $175 million climate-related project that will transform the southern portion of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach despite fierce opposition from some members of the public. A sticking point is a massive seawall that some surfers fear could make the beach disappear…