About 1,200 acres of nearly pristine San Luis Obispo County land is now protected from development permanently. The newly protected land sits around the iconic Point San Luis Lighthouse near Avila Beach and stretches northward and inland.
PG&E and its subsidiary, Eureka Energy Company, completed and recorded a deed restriction on the land in late August, according to the utility company. It had been in the works since 2006.
The conservation of the land was praised Wednesday by California State Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz. “I am elated that this 1,200-acre parcel, representing 10% of the Diablo Canyon Lands, is finally protected after several years of negotiations,” Laird told The Tribune. “I was happy to be a part of this process and view this as the first step in ensuring that all of the 12,000-acre Diablo Canyon Lands are conserved forever, for protection of the resources as well as to ensure sustainable public access — including a 20-mile extension of the California Coastal Trail — along this beautiful stretch of the Central Coast.”
Laird was referring to the 12,000 acres of land that surround Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant as a buffer.
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