Surfers, Beachgoers Celebrate Martins Beach
“We got our beach back!” two surfers yelled, pumping their fists in the air as passers-by honked their horns. Others joined in the chant.
Martins Beach: Judge Orders Gate Opened To Public
REDWOOD CITY — In a resounding affirmation of the public’s right to access the California coast, a San Mateo County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered Silicon Valley mogul Vinod Khosla to reopen the road leading to the popular Martins Beach.
Martins Beach Battle Gets Personal
Two weeks after the California Coastal Commission asked the public to submit details about their visits to the beach as part of a legal strategy to increase pressure on Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla
California Coastal Commission Ratchets Up Legal Pressure On Billionaire Vinod Kh
California Coastal Commission on Thursday announced it is creating a website to ask people to document their historic uses of the beach.
Final Showdown Looms In Martins Beach Trial
In one of the most famous showdowns in the 38-year history of the California Coastal Act, a group of passionate surfers and a Silicon Valley billionaire are preparing for the climactic battle in a trial over access at Martins Beach — a case that could affect future clashes over the public’s ability to enjoy the coast.
Martins Beach Timeline: From Guadalupe Hidalgo To Vinod Khosla
1838: The governor of Spanish Mexico provisionally grants Rancho Canada de Verde y Arroyo de la Purisima to Jose Maria Alviso. The 8,905-acre property (which translates roughly to “land of green canyons and pure streams”) includes the property now known as Martins Beach.
Coastal Commission “Power To Fine” Bill Through The System
It’s certainly less troubling than AB 976, but sets a bad precedent on a slippery slope (no pun intended).
COASTAL AGENCY POWER PLAY ADVANCES ON THE SLY
Sacramento ¡X Call it the prerogatives of power. In one of her first major actions since becoming the Assembly¡¦s new speaker, Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, has brought back a version of a controversial bill that has been one of her priorities ¡X but in a surreptitious manner that circumvents the full process for advancing such legislation.
Coastal Agency Power Play Slyly Advances
Budget trailer bill will include controversial ‘fining’ language
Sand City Resort Proposal Approved By Coastal Commission
Santa Barbara>> In the end, it took four minutes Friday for the state Coastal Commission to settle a decades-old dispute over a proposed coastal hotel-condominium resort in Sand City.