Known as the Right To Clean Water Act, SB 601 is a bipartisan bill that aims to enshrine previously robust federal clean water protections into California law. If passed, SB 601 would safeguard the state’s streams, wetlands, and drinking water. Read San Diego Coastkeeper’s overview of the bill here.

Check out our recap of the 2025 Morning After Mess, a collective cleanup event taking place at nine San Diego beaches. San Diego Coastkeeper hosted the Mission Bay event, collecting 250+ lbs of trash. Read more.

San Diego Coastkeeper’s Dylan Berk explores the severe algal blooms in California in 2025. Why were harmful algae blooms in California so bad this year?

The most important resource in the race to fix the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis is state and federal funding. Here’s where we’re at in 2025.

Plastic, polystyrene foam, and cigarette butts are the most common pieces of marine debris found on San Diego’s beaches. This article looks at San Diego Coastkeeper’s mid-year beach cleanup data to see how much trash we’ve removed from our beaches.

San Diego Coastkeeper recently received a coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s top charity evaluator. Coastkeeper earned the highest possible rating due to our continued demonstration of strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency.