David Geffen forced to let public use Malibu beach

[GarKeeper]

The cameras were rolling and one of Hollywood's biggest producers was watching.

And on Thursday, an excited group was auditioning for what could be this summer's hottest feature: Malibu beach-going.........


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beach27may27,0,3312414.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[fishwax]

1. so after 22 years he finally did what was legally required

and they're toasting him for it? (I wasn't familiar with this case before, so I'm not sure if I'm reading that right ...)

[GarKeeper]

3. Sounds like it

I don't live in CA.

[fishwax]

7. and only until Labor Day? It should be open all the time at his expense

It seems to me, if he's going to build an estate that cuts off access to public land, he should have to provide access to that land.

Access that's open all the time. That he should have to pay for. :shrug:

[andyhappy]

4. totally...

what a jerk

[GreenArrow]

2. good...

Make that pig share. It's not his beach to begin with.

[anitar1]

9. With any luck,Mother Nature will take care of his estate.

Every few years abnormally high tides take care of "estates".

[formernaderite]

18. Depends where

We used to rent a cheap beach place north of Bar harbour when the kids were small...I remember a similar rich bitch, who barked at us for walking ten feet above the high tide mark on our way back home. No markers...but we should have known better. Unfortunately, there's virtually no erosion up there...rocky beaches.

[Pithy Cherub]

5. The beautiful Malibu beach will be available

to the hard-working employees of the beach homeowners, the people who buy all the products, the common folks who go to the movies and the general public as IT SHOULD BE! The beach is all of ours not Mr. "Dreamworks" Geffen! :think:, I will just toddle on over this weekend...

[shanti]

20. can you park your towel on "his" beach?

i would :evilgrin: and i'd stay awhile!

[maveric]

27. There are no private beachfronts in CA.

They didnt want the coast to look like Florida.

[dogday]

6. Yet Another Example Of The Stingy Rich Being Stingier

[slaveplanet]

8. so generous of him to let people

sit on the wet sand areas...what a chump

Beachgoers will be permitted on the sand on the ocean side of the mean high tide line in front of the other multimillion-dollar homes that line Carbon Beach. Generally speaking, that translates to "wet sand" areas, according to officials.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. In Oregon, all beaches are public property and must be

open to the public at all times. This really fries some of the wannabe lords of the manor, but the law has held for decades.

[GarKeeper]

11. Same largely in North Carolina

All the beach towns have public access spots.

[cally]

12. Same in California

except too many break the law.

[Bridget Burke]

13. That's even true in TEXAS!

Of course, hurricanes sweep the beaches clear every once in a while. Hurricane Season starts June 1st!

[jayfish]

15. There Have Been Some Battles Over This Here In MI.

The public appears to be winning.

Jay

[SoCalDem]

16. In Michigan City, the beach homes totally block even the VIEW

and what "access" there was, were mostly rickety little wooden steps down steep embankments.
I always loved it when Lake Michigan got "cranky", and started sweeping those 5 story behemoths into the lake.

One time there was even an "urgent plea" for assistance and 'rip-rap' for building emergency sea-walls to 'save' the homes..

A lady wrote a fantastic LTTE..paraphrasing here..

"Let the rich waterfront-home owners cobble together all their 'warning' signs, and make a barrier with them"..then she listed the signs..

Private Property
Keep Out
No Trespassing
No Public Access
Private
No Parking

[jayfish]

17. Notice How I Said "Appears To Be Winning".

I think the courts have given beach-goers a whole 3 yards of beach to freely walk upon. Pathetic. When I was a kid, my friends and I used to make late night trips out to Grand Haven or Holland. It was great fun to urinate on these so-called private beaches.

Jay

[coffeenap]

23. are you from there? i am close to someone who is. know it well.

[SoCalDem]

24. We lived there from March '70-Oct '77..(near Marquette mall)

That mall is probably long gone.. It was the FIRST in the area..I worked at First Merchant's nat'l Bank (Travel agency)..

[tsuki]

19. Florida also, until the Republicans took charge.

[kskiska]

14. There've been battles in Connecticut for years

where certain affluent towns like Greenwich and Westport try to keep the riff-raff from neighboring towns from using their beaches. They've been successful using tactics like issuing stickers to residents, restricting parking and charging huge daily fees. Greenwich lost a court case where they refused entrance to a beach area to a jogger. A while back a hurricane damaged the beach in Greenwich, but the town refused federal funds for repairs because it was afraid this might be used against them in their fight to keep people out.

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[maxsolomon]

22. geffen should move to washington

almost all beaches are private. and where the public does have access, the sheriffs zealously patrol the boundary.

can't let the riff raff at the wealthy's geoducks, can we?

[dejaboutique]

25. oh boo hoo for David

Do these people not know that we fund their estates. I am so sick of hollywood and their fences from the people that made them rich. I can always rely on good old Karma :)

[arcos]

26. In my country the first 150 feet of every beach are public property...

Certainly it's fucked up that beaches can be private property... x(