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| Martin's Beach win for private property rights Win for people not mucking up the environment |
Half Moon Bay Review/Mark Noack, 10/24/13. "Judge rules against public access for Martin's Beach."
The billionaire owners of Martin’s Beach are within their rights to bar
the public from accessing the shoreline, according to a ruling announced
Thursday morning by a San Mateo County Superior Court judge.
The decision by Judge Gerald Buchwald indicated that
private-property rights ultimately trumped arguments that the public was
entitled to access the beach under the state constitution.
It was the first full-fledged judicial
analysis of the coastal-access questions centered on the beach. For
months, dozens of visitors have been hopping a locked gate at the
entrance to Martin’s Beach, and San Mateo County law enforcement
officials say it was unclear whether the act constituted trespassing. Read article.
Related - Fix Pacifica Martin's Beach reprint articles, "Search this blog". Note: photograph from Half Moon Bay Review, file, 7/26/12.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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