New Challenges To Californians' Beach Access
Californians have long treasured public access to all state beaches. But now private land owners are raising new challenges to the landmark California Coastal Act which enshrines beach access for all.
California legislators passed the California Coastal Act in 1976 as a way to protect the state's famed shoreline and to enshrine beach access for all. But that landmark law has spawned a nearly five-decade-long tug-of-war between the state and private property owners. Now, two highly-publicized legal skirmishes — including one pending before the U.S. Supreme Court — have coastal advocates worried.
Santa Barbara native Joshua Brown practically grew up in the ocean waves here in California's picturesque Santa Barbara County.
"I started surfing when I was about 11-years-old and I spent a lot of time
