I have a lot of sympathy for people who feel like their privacy is being infringed upon (especially by inconsiderate tourists), but I also have zero, absolutely zero sympathy for beachfront property owners in California upset about people on the beach. California beaches have always been public - always. (Multiple branches of my family moved to the state in the 19th century. My grandfather talked about traveling from Southern California to Northern California and often having to drive their Model T on the beach because there weren’t consistently roads that they could take.) Property owners knew what they were getting into, and they don’t get to change the rules just because they paid an obscene amount of money for that property. If they don’t like it, they can go buy beachfront property in some state where this isn’t the case. (Though I think every state should have its beaches be public.)
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