Why we show up
It is kept by whoever turns up on a Saturday with gloves on. We started in 2016 with nine neighbours and one stretch of beach. Today 2,100 of us keep 38 sites, one morning at a time, and nobody has ever been asked to pay or to pledge.
Marco, crew lead at Ocean Beach since 2019
2016
A Saturday on Ocean Beach that nobody planned to repeat. We repeated it the week after.
2019
The city handed us forty saplings and a map. All forty are still standing.
2025
Shoreline, street trees, school yards and gardens, kept by 2,100 volunteers.