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If he owns the road, I don't think he has any obligation to keep it open to the public. The coastline should be accessible from other parts/property. If people need easy access to that specific part of the coastline, they should have bought the property themselves. You can still walk along any coastline in the US, but it's not required for a property owner to make it vehicle accessible. The Supreme Court should rule on this and I think it will be on the property owners side.

You can still walk along any coastline in the US

Not in Virginia:

The right to own property and exclude others from it is a fundamental feature of U.S. law. Under Virginia common law, coastal property owners may prevent people from gaining access to the shoreline of their land. Gaining unauthorized access – either perpendicularly or horizontally to the shore – may be trespassing for which one may be liable in court.
http://www.virginiacoastalaccess.net/law_statutes.html

I like it this way. We have plenty of public beaches and loads of public access. One should be able to enjoy their private beach property without a crowd forming around you. But in VA, one need not be wealthy to afford beach property. In fact. lots of working-to-middle class retirees have salt water properties complete with pier, as so much of the VA coastline is in rural areas.

This is why God invented Claymore mines.

I've actually been there, and noticed something that these articles never mention: a lot of people live there on that beach. They have houses there, and they use that road. Seems significant to me, so why is it not mentioned?

Ceffer says

This is why God invented Claymore mines.

And when dealing with claymores, DOUBLE CHECK THAT ITS PLACED "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY".

Patrick says

I've actually been there, and noticed something that these articles never mention: a lot of people live there on that beach. They have houses there, and they use that road. Seems significant to me, so why is it not mentioned?

Doesn't fit the narrative of the rich foreigner taking advantage of the american working stiff?

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

Sure, all he has to do is hire a sniper.

All the good snipers are busy knocking off bad Muslims in Muslim lands.

He has the taxiderm heads of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello mounted in his big game room.

We all know that all coastline are public accessible. The question is can the public use that road to access the beach.
It is an easement established for generations of use to access the beach. Current landowner cannot just turn off the switch for access. The key is for the high court to confirm it is an easement. There is no need for the public to buy that road.

"Courts have so far dismissed Khosla’s argument. He lost first in San Mateo County Superior Court. Then last year, the First District Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 3-0 against him and ordered him to open the gate immediately The California Supreme Court refused to hear Khosla’s appeal."

Khosla is now trying to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. If it indeed goes to U.S. Supreme Court, I personally think that he will lose, and this will settle everything.

Zonker will not be denied. Give my regards to David Geffen, Vinod.

MoneySheep says

We all know that all coastline are public accessible

HeadSet says

may be trespassing for which one may be liable in court.
http://www.virginiacoastalaccess.net/law_statutes.html

I didn't comment earlier. Headset brought up something I had no idea existed in VA (good quote and evidence). I thought all coastline was accessible if you walked along it even if it took 10 miles. Apparently it's not. The road is a different issue, but was kind of taken aback about the whole owning the coast thing in VA.

I guess weed is "legal" in CO and owning the beach is "legal" in VA.

but was kind of taken aback about the whole owning the coast thing in VA.

Not only own the beach, but you can "aquaculture" the immediate waters. That is, one can grow oysters and clams in the water abutting your beach. This works well for those on salt water creeks or other ocean inlets. In fact, a recent court ruling prohibits local governments from using zoning to stop a property owner from aquaculture. The more oysters the better, since they filter nutrients from sea water and are quite tasty (except for those who make everyone around them sick by slurping oysters raw from freshly opened shells).

Khosla to call in the US Army.