Friends of Oceano Dunes

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Friends of Oceano Dunes To unite the many people who enjoy the Oceano Dunes in a cohesive organization that can promote and reinforce responsible recreation.

This will be accomplished by developing a large network of FRIENDS and collecting donations to accomplish our object To unite as many people as possible, who enjoy the Oceano Dunes in a cohesive organization that can promote and reinforce responsible recreation.

Steve Hilton took the time away from his busy campaign schedule to spend the day meeting with Friends of Oceano Dunes. X...
11/03/2026

Steve Hilton took the time away from his busy campaign schedule to spend the day meeting with Friends of Oceano Dunes. Xavier Becerra never replied to our emails, invitation and multiple requests to meet with us.

Off roaders are often ignored voters and it’s time we are heard. FoOD does not endorse candidates and can’t tell you how to vote, it’s up to you to make informed decisions. We will do our best to engage, educate and to provide you with information from each of the candidates.

Xavier, you still have time to reply

11/03/2026

Thank you Steve Hilton for spending time to meet with Friends of Oceano Dunes. Javier Becerra never replied to our multiple requests to talk with us, or to meet with us, despite our multiple attempts.

Friends reached out to both candidates for Governor, Xavier Bacerra and Steve Hilton, to come talk with FoOD about the issues surrounding the Oceano Dunes. We wanted to give each candidate fair time to learn what’s going on here and how it effects the 2 million annual visitors to the dunes and the $500 Million dollars to the local economy. Steve Hilton accepted our invitation, Mr Bacerra did not respond.

Off roaders are voters and it’s time we are heard. FoOD can’t tell you how to vote, it’s up to you to make informed decisions. We will do our best to provide you with information from each of the candidates.

11/03/2026

Here is the video of our recent interview with Shannon Kessler who is running for California Assembly District 30. The incumbent Assemblymember Dawn Addis never responded to our inquiries.

Shannon Kessler took the time away from her busy campaign schedule to meet with us, to tell us more about herself and her views on the Oceano Dunes and California as a whole.

Friends does not support any political candidate but wants to make the public is aware of their positions so you can decide! Be a better-informed voter...get out and vote! Shannon Kessler For Assembly

11/02/2026



The next movie in our series. All movies are on our YouTube page for further reference.

THE LOADED BEACH — WINTER STORMS delivers the ocean's whole load to the beach — salt, fine sand, mineral dust, organic matter — and the beach holds it in its rough, tracked sand.

This film follows that load through the one year the pattern showed itself: early 2017, when storm after storm soaked the beach and the rain then stopped for ten months — and that fall, on calm days, the CDF monitor averaged more than double the fall that followed, in the quietest year at the gate before the closure.

What changed was not the traffic. It was the load. So — what are we abating? A Friends of Oceano Dunes film.

11/02/2026

Thank you Steve Hilton for making the time on your busy campaign schedule to spend the day with Friends of Oceano Dunes. Update: Javier Becerra never replied to our multiple requests to talk, or to meet with us, despite our multiple attempts.

Friends reached out to both candidates for Governor, Xavier Bacerra and Steve Hilton, to come talk with FoOD about the issues surrounding the Oceano Dunes. We wanted to give each candidate fair time to learn what’s going on here and how it effects the 2 million annual visitors to the dunes and the $500 Million dollars to the local economy. Steve Hilton accepted our invitation, Mr Bacerra didn’t respond. We spent the day touring Mr Hilton around sharing our frustrations and hopes of returning the SVRA to its long lost glory. Mr Bacerra, the invite still stands if you would like to hear what we have to say.

Off roaders are voters and it’s time we are heard. FoOD can’t tell you how to vote, it’s up to you to make informed decisions. We will do our best to provide you with information from each of the candidates.

The 805Coast&DunesCrew is doing great stewardship work at Oceano Dunes. Please give them a follow and support
11/01/2026

The 805Coast&DunesCrew is doing great stewardship work at Oceano Dunes. Please give them a follow and support

10/29/2026

What an incredible turnout at Fright Night! Thank you to the Point Mugu 4x4 Club for their hard work, dedication and for choosing to support Friends of Oceano Dunes. And, thank you to the clubs, volunteers and event attendees for supporting Fright Night, Point Mugu 4x4 Club and Friends of Oceano Dunes by working and attending this event to make it such a huge success.

DEZERTFEST! is coming up quick, and registration is open on our website. Sign up and join us from April 22-26 at Laser Town in Johnson Valley, for our 3rd Annual Dezertfest! It will be an off road experience that you won’t forget!

Thank you Point Mugu 4x4 Club!

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10/27/2026

please watch, listen and share!

In the spring of 2020, California State Parks closed the Oceano Dunes District - Pismo to all vehicle riding for seven months (due to COVID) — an unplanned experiment nobody had ever been able to run. If vehicles cause the dust violations on the Nipomo Mesa, an empty park should have meant clean air.

It didn't. In May 2020, with zero riding, the CDF monitor recorded 12 days over the state PM10 standard and Mesa 2 recorded 11 — every one of them before the season's first fire, in one of the lowest-wind Mays on record. The annual average at CDF actually went up that year.

Measured against the background the closed park itself provided, most of the violation days in the thirteen-year record were never the park's to answer for. As the Air Pollution Control Officer himself once put it, the goal was always emissions "in the absence of OHV activity." In 2020, that absence came — and the dust stayed.

So: what are we abating?

10/24/2026

The Fright Night raffle & auction will be HUGE! Do you have your raffle tickets yet? Stop by to drop some cash to win some crazy prizes and support our event benefactor, Friends of Oceano Dunes

RAFFLE STARTS AT 2:00 PM, don’t miss it!

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Hwy 1 W Grand Ave
Oceano, CA
93445

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