# San Clemente

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026**: Pacifica closes pier; Long Beach homes flood — Pacifica shuttered its cracked concrete pier and seawater flooded homes in Long Beach during a hurricane-driven storm surge, illustrating California's escalating coastal hazards.
- **2026**: San Clemente weighs 1% sales tax for beach restoration — Residents of San Clemente consider a ballot measure to fund beach restoration as erosion splits North Beach and threatens infrastructure.
- **2017**: Scientists forecast major SoCal beach erosion by 2100 — Researchers projected more than half of Southern California's beaches could significantly erode by the end of the century, foreshadowing current impacts in San Clemente.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 62,000-resident San Clemente weighs 1% sales tax as rising sea splits beach
2026-09-27 16:38:39 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 3

San Clemente's coastal erosion is splitting North Beach, damaging homes, and forcing repeated shutdowns of the second-busiest US passenger rail corridor. A super El Niño looms as residents weigh a 1% sales tax for restoration.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/san-clemente-sea-level-rise-rail-tax

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