ENGAGEMENT & Outreach
RE:BEACH is a collective effort and we hear you! Throughout the development of the RE:BEACH Pilot Project, public comment and feedback has been provided through in-person and virtual engagement opportunities and online feedback forms. These responses are actively used to refine the pilot design to meet community priorities. Robust community engagement happens at every phase of the RE:BEACH pilot. During the Design Competition, public comment and feedback was provided directly to the Project Team members and Design Competitors at workshops, outreach events, and through online feedback forms. These responses refined the pilot project concepts throughout the competition. Virtual engagement moments continued from to November 2024 during the Siting Analysis, conducted to support the Oceanside City Council in making a decision on the location of the RE:BEACH Pilot Project. In 2025, project partners advanced the Artificial Headlands Design and focused engagement on the proposed headlands at Tyson Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Feedback was used to inform conceptual design, integration with existing infrastructure, and public access to restored sandy beaches.
Permitting
site selection & design
Headland Design
On July 24, 2025, the City of Oceanside and GHD hosted an update on the RE:BEACH pilot and received community ideas on features and amenities for the headland. The partners provided an update about the RE:BEACH Oceanside pilot project timeline and provided an opportunity to share opinions and help shape the future of Oceanside's coastline through headland amenities design.
Siting Analysis
On July 16 and 18, 2024, GHD and the City of Oceanside hosted two virtual public outreach meetings to discuss the multi-criteria analysis guiding the location selection for the RE:BEACH pilot. Information about pilot and the criteria used for guiding the selection of the pilot location were discussed along with the process for developing the site selection criteria.
Design Competition
Public Workshops
Throughout the 2023 RE:BEACH Design Competition, public comment and feedback has been provided directly to the Project Team members, Design Competitors, and through online feedback forms. These responses refined the pilot project concepts throughout the competition.
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The first of 3-public workshop, on August 29 the RE:BEACH project teams alongside the 3-design teams shared sand retention pilot project concepts for Oceanside. Attendees had the opportunity to engage in an “Open House”, meeting each design team, asking questions directly to designers, and providing input on the concepts.
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The second design round of the competition was about refining and tailoring solutions based on (1) feedback in the first Public Workshop and (2) increasing depth of knowledge about the particularities of sand retention in Oceanside, CA. In this round, teams have selected a 1-design concept to refine. Similar to the first Public Workshop, this workshop is NOT about ranking or selecting a design idea/concept. Instead, this session is about informing the design directions towards best design for Oceanside. We wanted to continue to bring the public into conversation with design teams, their concept and ideas, and encourage consideration around “use” and “tradeoffs” and “community fit”.
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The final workshop enabled each design team to present a final, refined, sand retention pilot project for Oceanside’s beaches. This workshop signaled the final phase of the RE:BEACH design competition process and provide a final moment for public review of the concepts and designs.
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Regional Stakeholders
In addition, the RE:BEACH Design Competition coordinated with a other California coastal cities and key local and regional stakeholders with valuable expertise to ensure comprehensive feedback that could maximize the positive impacts of the pilot were collected and integrated.
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Oceanside City Council (3/11)
Carlsbad City Council (2/5)
OCNA (2/24)
Beach Ecology Coalition (1/30)
EPA Wetlands (2/24)
OSU Physical Modeling (2/17)
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Carlsbad City Council (Jan)
SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Working Group, San Diego, CA (April, June, December)
RE:BEACH Siting Analysis Workshop (2x) (July)
RE:BEACH Headland Design Workshop (July)
BBC Documentary and Panel, Los Angeles, CA (July)
RE:BEACH NOP Scoping Meeting, Oceanside, CA (September)
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Conference, Long Beach, CA (October)
BBC Documentary and Panel, Oceanside, CA (October)
Smart Coast Policy Summit, Virtual (October)
Boardriders Surf Contest, Oceanside, CA (November)
Carlsbad Environmental Sustainability Commission (December)
Coastal Resilience Network (December)
Ocean Protection Council (December)
Seacoast Preservation Association
California Natural Resource Agency Sea Level Rise Collaborative (CNRA SLRC)
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Oceanside City Council (January, November, December)
League of CA, Coastal Cities (January)
Beach Ecology Coalition (January)
SANDAG (January)
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative (February)
SANDAG, SPWG (March)
Carlsbad Beach Preservation Commission (April)
SANDAG (May)
Save Oceanside Sand (SOS) (May)
San Clemente Coastal Advisory Committee (November)
OCNA
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Oceanside City Council (January & February)
OCNA (March)
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce (March)
Smart Coast Cities Summit (May)
RE:BEACH Public Workshops (Aug, Oct, Dec)
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce (November)
SANDAG, SPWG (Sept)
Carlsbad Beach Preservation Commission (October)
Visit Oceanside (November)
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative (November)
Del Mar City Council (November)
Solana Beach City Council (November)
Headwaters to Ocean Conference (November)
Oceanside High School (December)
Encinitas City Council (December)
SANDAG, SMTT
Save Oceanside Sand (SOS)
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2021
Oceanside City Council (August)
2022
Save Oceanside Sand (October)
