Welcome to Preserve Cayucos
We have a website, a fiscal sponsor, and a way for you to stay in the loop.
Cayucos, California
Keeping Cayucos, Cayucos.
Preserve Cayucos is a community-based organization created to preserve the unique character of Cayucos.
About us
Cayucos needed an advocate.
Cayucos is a beach town of about 2,400 people, and only around half of them live here year-round. Young families can't afford to buy homes, long-term rentals are turning into vacation rentals, and enrollment at our school keeps dropping. Meanwhile, proposals for large-scale development keep coming.
Decisions about Cayucos are made at the County Planning Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and the California Coastal Commission. Those bodies weigh evidence, and developers arrive with experts. Until now, the town hasn't had anyone doing the same on its behalf.
Preserve Cayucos was founded by residents to be that advocate. We bring fact-based information to the community and work for healthy, responsible, equitable growth, so that the people who live, work, and visit here have a real say in what Cayucos becomes.
What we do
Facts first, then action.
Community events
Quarterly gatherings and an annual event with presentations from professionals in the environmental and social sciences. Our first, a candidate forum focused on Cayucos issues, was standing room only.
Research you can use
Plain-language reporting on short-term rentals, census trends, water quality and cost, the Urban Reserve Line, the Estero Area Plan, and the history of First Nations peoples on this land.
Expert advocacy
When a project comes before the county or the Coastal Commission, we bring qualified experts, including geologists, soil engineers, and urban planners, so the public record is complete.
Helping residents be heard
What's on the agenda, when public comment opens, and how to make it count. We help neighbors take part in the land use decisions that shape their town.
Latest
Updates
A full house for the Cayucos Candidate Forum
Our first event drew a standing-room-only crowd, and every question was about Cayucos.
Who we are
Neighbors, with deep roots in town.
- Harley K. DuboisProject Director
- Vicki TamoushBoard Member
- Sharon BorradoriBoard Member
- Janyce Meslin, Ph.D.Board Member
Stay in the loop
Event dates, public comment deadlines, and new research, a few times a season. No spam.