Pacifica Pier Section Reopened in April 2023

Update: The damaged section of the pier was reopened in April, 2023, filled in with cyclone fencing.

"Pacifica" means "peace" - or, perhaps it means "patience". As with many other projects that need tending to in our town, residents and visitors must wait an indefinite time for results. The pier - our most visited resource - has been fenced-off since January 14, 2021, without a specific date for repair. The west-facing panel is not the only part of the pier that needs work - it is just the most obvious. Our environment requires extra vigilance in maintaining the pier and other structures facing often harsh battering throughout our ocean-facing, wind-blown regions.

Due to a surplus in funding for local projects through the state budget due to a surplus, according to Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco), Pacifica will receive $7.75 million for the Esplanade Infrastructure Preservation Project; of that, $500,000. was requested for repair of the pier.

The pandemic has slowed or halted many projects, but it was obvious to those of us who regularly visited the pier over the years that it was in a pretty sorry shape long before the pandemic.

In Pacifica, asking "when" these repairs will be accomplished requires patience. Or, resignation.