NEWS
PAST & PRESENT
Escrow has closed!
On the morning of December 5, 2025, at 9:23 AM, escrow officially closed on Cuesta Inlet. Just 26 minutes later, the King Tide rose—as if Mother Nature herself was celebrating the moment this beloved place finally came home to our community.
Yes, Cuesta Inlet is now community-owned!
This historic, extraordinary milestone is the direct result of your generosity, your persistence, and your shared belief that this shoreline, its wildlife, and its peaceful magic are worth protecting forever. As we enter the season of giving, we are reminded that this is more than just a purchase. It’s a gift—to each other, to future generations, and to the land itself.
In the months ahead, we’ll invite the community to help shape the next chapter by imagining what the Inlet will become under our collective stewardship.
September 5, 2025
It is with great pleasure and excitement that our community has raised sufficient funds to purchase Cuesta Inlet! The 100% volunteer team of local citizens worked tirelessly for more than three years to raise awareness and raise the necessary funds to purchase the Inlet. We're excited for the momentum we're seeing in the community for the ongoing support of Save Cuesta Inlet. All donations received until close of escrow on October 1st, 2025 will still be considered as part of the purchase campaign and eligible for the donor acknowledgment levels.
In early 2026, the nonprofit will invite the community to share input as it begins the next phase of ensuring the Inlet’s long-term care and vitality. Donations will continue to be welcomed in support of this next chapter.
June 18, 2025
The Tribune
SLO County nonprofit wants to preserve bay-front
property-but it needs money
terrific video and feature article…
The kickoff was a huge success!
June 2, 2025
Save Cuesta Inlet Community Group Opens Escrow!
Begins Capital Fundraising Campaign for Purchase
It is with great pleasure and excitement that the Save Cuesta Inlet board announces that after three years of fundraising, farmers’ market kiosks, and public engagement, we are in escrow to purchase Cuesta Inlet for the community!
Thank you, Los Osos and friends of the Inlet; you made this happen!
We are enormously appreciative of all the donors who have helped us raise funds to get us to this point! They have inspired us to enter escrow and launch a major capital fundraising campaign to acquire this treasure for all the nature lovers in Los Osos.
We need your help, and we need it now!
The agreed upon purchase price, $735,000, is the property’s appraised value. SCI has six months to raise the full amount plus related costs. To date, we have raised over $450,000 in contributions which include a generous donor who contributed an additional $100,000 in matching funds to kick off our capital campaign.
We experienced a surge of momentum and support from the community in the past 8 weeks to preserve the Inlet at a time when we thought we may have lost it to another bidder. Now that we’re in escrow, we are really hoping individuals will step up to show their support monetarily, at whatever level is right for them. From small gifts to five and six figures, it will take all of us coming together to make this purchase a reality.
