Billionaire Khosla Loses Bid to End California Beach Access Suit

https://archive.ph/XW9H3

My favorite moment from the Martin's Beach saga was when he cited an ancient law from the conquistadors trying to block access and got shot down in the Supreme Court. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and ceded California to the United States was overruled by the 1976 California Coastal Act.

He's kept access to the beach in various forms of uncertainty for 15 years, it's hard to argue that the law matters at this point.

It's crazy he bought the property in 2008 and it's still in the courts. With his endless resources he can just keep filing suits and delays and dragging this out.

This is a nothing story. Court cases have many checkpoints along the way and this case has passed a very minor checkpoint that is almost always passed. The real meat is yet to come.

Since Khosla has deep pockets, can he appeal to block access to the beach and prevent public access still ?

He doesn’t even have to appeal. This seems to be a ruling saying that he can’t have the suit throw out on its face. So he could still win the suit itself (though I wouldn’t bet on that).

Billionaire problems. The beach is south of Half Moon Bay.