When Surf Breaks Go Private

The encroachment of private development on public surf access in Southern California

The Problem

The California Coastal Act guarantees public access to the state coastline, but the specific implementation of that guarantee at surf breaks adjacent to private development produces the specific legal and practical conflicts that the California Coastal Commission adjudicates. The conflicts are produced by the intersection of private property rights, the public coastal access right, and the specific development decisions that affect the paths to the water.

The Cases

The specific access conflict cases that the Coastal Commission has handled in recent years involve the informal access paths across private land that have been used by surfers for decades and that new development or new ownership seeks to close. The Coastal Act provisions protecting prescriptive access rights -- access rights established by consistent public use over time -- are the legal tools that the coastal access advocates use to resist the closures.

Surf LA Coverage

Surfing LA covers surf access conflicts because the accountability journalism of the coastline requires examining the specific cases where the public access right is contested, and because the outcomes of those cases determine which surf breaks remain accessible.

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