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Crewleader

(17,005 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2014, 01:28 PM Sep 2014

Billionaire must let public access Martins Beach, judge rules

By Peter Fimrite

Updated 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.

“It’s 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 OP
The poor guy sharp_stick Sep 2014 #1
Right? tazkcmo Sep 2014 #2
Access to the beach is good OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #3
I'm sorry, I thought I heard you say F4lconF16 Sep 2014 #4

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
3. Access to the beach is good
Thu Sep 25, 2014, 01:45 PM
Sep 2014

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
Thu Sep 25, 2014, 09:36 PM
Sep 2014

That a billionaire should consider donating to the state.

I must have misheard.

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