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What? California beaches have been public property since 1976. He bought the house knowing he doesn't own the beach, and that the public has a right to that beach.

No one is allowed to own a beach in California. This isn't about mob rule, this is about a choice Californians made many years ago that says beaches are public.

The beach is not his.

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Then he should be kicked out of the court in a less than 5 minutes. Why is it being discussed?

Are these questions based on reading the article or not? A lot of the things are discussed in the article... the question is not whether the beach is public, it is about what access requirements he has to meet. Does he have to provide a road? Parking?

No he doesn’t have to provide parking. But he does have to allow access.

Because he’s not blocking access to the beach, technically. Just blocking that pathway. But it’s surrounded by cliffs, so the only way to access it is through the path he’s blocking.

> California beaches have been public property since 1976.

Wow, how did it take the public so long to wake up? I thought the default was that it was public property in most places on earth.

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