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SANTA BARBARA, Calif — From Malibu to Santa Cruz, wealthy people are blocking access to California’s publicly owned beaches. And no group has fought the public longer than the gated community of Hollister Ranch, about 130 miles north of Los Angeles. For more than 36 years, residents there have spent millions of dollars on lawyers and lobbyists to bar the hoi polloi from an 8.5-mile-long beach adorned with several coves.
In May, after more than four years of litigation over public access to the beach, a settlement was announced between the ranch cooperative, on one side, and the California Coastal Commission and California Coastal Conservancy, on the other, to allow the public to get to a small stretch of the beach. But you won’t be able to walk, ride a bike or drive to it. Instead, beachgoers will have to brave a two-mile sea trip by surfboard, kayak or boat.
In May, after more than four years of litigation over public access to the beach, a settlement was announced between the ranch cooperative, on one side, and the California Coastal Commission and California Coastal Conservancy, on the other, to allow the public to get to a small stretch of the beach. But you won’t be able to walk, ride a bike or drive to it. Instead, beachgoers will have to brave a two-mile sea trip by surfboard, kayak or boat.
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