patf wrote:
Andrewmc wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/10/martins-beach-california-public-vinod-khosla
Is it that there is a right of way across their land that they have stooped access to or are they just blocking public access roads
How does someone get away with this? What would their justification be legally?
Does this vary by state? I thought you owned the land above the high tide mark. I.e. people could walk along the beach or in the water, but not above the high water mark. and they could only access it from public access points and not walk through your property (unless of course there were public easements.) Does it not work this way?
For the most part, that's right. However, the questions then becomes where the points of access are and what are the rules requiring and establishing access. This is something that is likely determined on a state by state basis. I'm not quite sure what the standard is for determining where access points are, where they are required, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some reasonable public access standard, where an access point might be required if the absence of one would unreasonably prohibit access.
Here's a fairly recent map of Southern California access points.
http://www.latimes.com/...ess-g-htmlstory.html If you look at it, you'll see the access points are generally located where there is private ownership above the mean high tide line.