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Related: About this forumBillionaire must let public access Martins Beach, judge rules
By Peter FimriteUpdated 8:51 am, Thursday, September 25, 2014
A view of the unused beach and community at Martin's Beach in San Mateo County, Calif., on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. A judge ruled on Wednesday, that property owner Vinod Khosla has to reopen the road that provides public access to the public beach. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
The billionaire owner of a beach near Half Moon Bay who provoked a bitter dispute when he cut off access to the sandy haven must let the public back in, a San Mateo County judge ruled Wednesday.
The written ruling issued by Superior Court Judge Barbara Mallach means venture capitalist Vinod Khosla must reopen the gate to popular Martins Beach, a crescent-shaped inlet 5 miles south of Half Moon Bay.
Its a fabulous victory for the people of California because now their coast is safe, said Joe Cotchett, lead attorney for the Surfrider Foundation, which filed the lawsuit. Those people who wanted to roll back the California Coastal Act must now live by the law, and money cannot change that. Mr. Khosla, in the words of President Reagan: Tear down that wall or, in this case, fence.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Billionaire-must-allow-public-to-access-Martins-5778533.php
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Billionaire must let public access Martins Beach, judge rules (Original Post)
Crewleader
Sep 2014
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sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)1. The poor guy
when oh when will the poor billionaires catch a break in this unfair world?
It's getting so a billionaire can't hog the finer, publicly owned things in life anymore
OnlinePoker
(5,702 posts)3. Access to the beach is good
But I think he could avoid the liability issue of people crossing his property by donating the right-of-way to the State. That way, if anybody gets injured making the transit, the taxpayers of California would be liable.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)4. I'm sorry, I thought I heard you say
That a billionaire should consider donating to the state.
I must have misheard.