The City of Pacifica presented a proclamation Dec. 8 honoring Lynn Adams for 24 years of volunteer leadership with the Pacific Beach Coalition.

Mayor Christine Bowles introduced a short video and read a proclamation that credited Adams with building a regional volunteer movement, expanding stewardship sites, leading habitat restoration along the California Coastal Trail and directing education programs for thousands of students. The proclamation recited cumulative tallies of volunteers, pounds of trash and cigarette butts collected; the presenter acknowledged difficulty with the large numbers while reading and emphasized the coalition’s multi-decade impact.

Adams and dozens of residents, elected-official representatives and longtime volunteers offered tributes at the meeting. Speakers credited the coalition with mobilizing hundreds of volunteers for monthly cleanups, restoring dunes and native habitat along Rockaway and other sites, and creating education programs now used across the Bay Area. Several speakers described outreach to youth as particularly influential in changing littering behavior.

Mayor Bowles and former Mayor Deirdre Martin said the council and staff are working with Caltrans on a separate action to name the Rockaway switchback trails in Adams’ honor; staff said an official vote will be required once details and Caltrans approvals are finalized. Adams said she intends to step back from the presidency but will remain involved in volunteer efforts and praised the coalition’s leadership and incoming staff.

The proclamation and public remarks emphasized the coalition’s volunteer recruitment, restoration work, and regional reach; the city encouraged residents to celebrate Adams’ service and to remain engaged in local stewardship projects.