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Iparker · 09-11-2009, 02:32 PM

Commenting further on what Zenspearo's said, the way maps 1 and 3 are currently drawn for Laguna, they take approximately 7 miles of a 13.5 mile stretch between Newport and Dana. This is effectively more than 50% because the best visbility, public stair access, shore fishing and lobster areas are within that 7 mile closure. The larger of those two maps goes even further and extends to what appeared to be city limits at Three Arch Bay. This larger map leaves no stair access in Laguna and the lesser of the two evil map provides two remaining staircases, one of which is 1000 steps. Furthermore, both of these maps cover our two safe harbor kayak access points, resulting in a decent trek to get outside of the closure, particularly the larger closure which I think was #3. And more one thing, as you probably noticed, there was large push to include all of Laguna by including south Laguna as well. This is partially because many of the pro-closure people reside in South Laguna and West Street and Thousand Steps are straight down from their homes. Needless to say, it is puzzling how either of Maps 1 and 3 represent cross-interest support in Laguna by taking away almost all access to a public resource.

09-11-2009, 02:32 PM	#11
Iparker Junior Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 23	Commenting further on what Zenspearo's said, the way maps 1 and 3 are currently drawn for Laguna, they take approximately 7 miles of a 13.5 mile stretch between Newport and Dana. This is effectively more than 50% because the best visbility, public stair access, shore fishing and lobster areas are within that 7 mile closure. The larger of those two maps goes even further and extends to what appeared to be city limits at Three Arch Bay. This larger map leaves no stair access in Laguna and the lesser of the two evil map provides two remaining staircases, one of which is 1000 steps. Furthermore, both of these maps cover our two safe harbor kayak access points, resulting in a decent trek to get outside of the closure, particularly the larger closure which I think was #3. And more one thing, as you probably noticed, there was large push to include all of Laguna by including south Laguna as well. This is partially because many of the pro-closure people reside in South Laguna and West Street and Thousand Steps are straight down from their homes. Needless to say, it is puzzling how either of Maps 1 and 3 represent cross-interest support in Laguna by taking away almost all access to a public resource.