Decades-long project to fortify San Clemente shoreline gets $505,000 funding boost

A woman sits atop a sand berm as a surfer enters the water just south of the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente as a king tide moves on shore Friday morning, January 10, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A two-decades-long plan to bring more sand to San Clemente’s depleted shoreline has received a $505,000 boost from the federal government.
“It’s good news,” said Tom Bonigut, public works director for Orange County’s southernmost city. &ldq