Privates Public-access Fight
Privates Beach public-access fight continues as park district blows off Coastal Commission
Privates Beach public-access fight continues as park district blows off Coastal Commission
In the first sign that the nation’s highest court might take up Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla’s attempt to block the public from Martins Beach
Fighting a court decision requiring him to allow access across his property to secluded Martins Beach suffered a loss when the California Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal.
A Silicon Valley billionaire who locked the gates at a popular Northern California beach must open them to the public, a state appeals court has ruled.
The California Coastal Commission has imposed a $4.2 million fine on owners of an expensive oceanfront rental on the Malibu coast for failing to remove a gate, fence, stairway and deck that block public access to the beach.
A tsunami of litigation began building soon after billionaire Vinod Khosla, a co-founder of the pioneering tech company Sun Microsystems, bought the secluded property for $32 million in 2008.
Khosla has opened yet another front in the long-running legal war over public access to his coastal property, Martins Beach
Pirate’s Cove poses a profound conundrum for the San Luis Obispo County Parks and Recreation Department.
CCC has thrown its weight behind a lawsuit to force Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla to restore public access to a secluded beach
The California Coastal Commission has thrown its weight behind a lawsuit to force Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla to restore public access