{"id":294084,"date":"2026-05-01T00:40:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/294084\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:40:32","slug":"la-harbor-commission-oks-olympics-sail-training-center-for-cabrillo-beach-site-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/294084\/","title":{"rendered":"LA harbor commission OKs Olympics sail training center for Cabrillo Beach site \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles harbor commission approved a permit on Thursday, April 30, that will bring a 2028 Summer Olympics sail training camp to an area adjacent to San Pedro\u2019s Cabrillo Beach starting in May.<\/p>\n

\"AerialAerial view shows highlighted areas that will be used for an Olympics sail training center. (Image Courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

The combined properties \u2014 at 3000 Shoshonean Road and on a vacant triangular lot at 2114 S. Mesa St. \u2014 will provide an athletic training and boating facility at the Outer Harbor that will serve national sailing federations and athletes who are training for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.<\/p>\n

The permit will also provide community groups with public access to the former Cabrillo Beach Youth Camp.<\/p>\n

\"TeamsTeams from Spain and Canada compete aboard F50 hydrofoiling catamarans during the Los Angeles Sail GP on Saturday, Mar. 15, 2025, at the Port of LA\u2019s Outer Harbor in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)<\/p>\n

The permit for the nonprofit Pathway to Podium will oversee the property for sail training for the six Olympic sailing events that will take place in the Outer Harbor. Four sailing events will also take place in Long Beach and the San Pedro training facility will serve athletes who will participate in events at both locations.<\/p>\n

The site will also provide boat storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraining in the actual venue in the years prior to the Games is routine practice for sailing,\u201d the harbor commission board report says, \u201cdue to the unique wind and climate characteristics of individual sailing venues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Harbor Department has been assessing and preparing the site for the past year and the aim is also to find a permanent tenant once the Olympics are over.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreparing the site minimally for Olympic sail training and maximally for expedited reopening for larger-scale community use will take immediate and significant investment,\u201d the report says, \u201cas the facilities on site site are suffering from various deferred maintenance issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The need to use the former Cabrillo Beach Youth Sports Waterfront Center prompted an eviction notice<\/a> for Scouts of America in December.<\/p>\n

Going forward, the port will conduct a competitive bidding process to attract a long-term tenant for the beachfront camp site, which includes buildings, docks and decking.<\/p>\n

Long-term, the port foresees a \u201chigh-performance sailing center and community aquatic and education center,\u201d among other possible uses going forward.<\/p>\n

In the interim, Olympic sailing events need a training base for athletes.<\/p>\n

The Olympic sailing training facility will be in place from May through the conclusion of the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

An advisory board includes Harbor Area members, and the nonprofit P2P will provide services to national sailing federations and athletes to ensure secure storage space, access to training courses, and athlete amenities such as restrooms, meeting rooms and parking.<\/p>\n

\u201cP2P will also provide access to community groups,\u201d the board report says, \u201cwith the expectation that access to the site will be increased through various programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Property under the control of adjacent private marinas, the report also says, will be used for in-water boat berthing and container staging by national sailing federations, for office space, and for independent athletes to store boats and equipment.<\/p>\n

Among competitors in the sailing events is a young female athlete from Ukraine, who will be helped to \u201cpursue her Olympic dreams\u201d by coming to the camp, said Kelly Marie, an internationally recognized sailing leader on the board of P2P.<\/p>\n

Jack Baric of San Pedro, also serving on the Board of Directors, commended the port for providing the property, which will give young people a place to swim and camp, and most immediately, athletes a spot to train for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

The area, Baric said, \u201cis an unbelievable asset.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles harbor commission approved a permit on Thursday, April 30, that will bring a 2028 Summer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[15116,7,3172,23,131,133,132,47,137,100,1438,1439],"class_list":["post-294084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-2028-olympics","tag-california","tag-harbor-area","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-port-of-los-angeles","tag-san-pedro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}