You say “correct ruling”, but what the judge said is that closing and locking an existing gate across the private road, constituted property development, and therefore needed permits from the state and coastal commission. It is foolish for conservatives to cheer this kind of twisted judicial activism.
Vinod Khosla needs to donate more money to the Democrat Party.
You be wrong on this one.
The Coastal law (whether I agree with it or not), defines ocean beaches as public property and requires granting access to individual members of the public. It was passed by initiative, and has not been successfully challenged in any court, so there is no judicial activism here.
But disregarding that, the gate has been continually open under the previous property owner, so as to establish a permanent easement on the property, under general real property law.
Even the hippie surfers acted properly here, by getting a court order to open the gate, when it was impossible for them to trespass on an easement.
Lastly, I did not "cheer" anything, I noted the law.
The mistake this rich prick property owner made was he didn't bribe the California socialist scum enough to motivate them to cut the throats of their hired hippie agitators. Leftist connected Hollywood elites regularly pay more to the Rat party and lock of their public beaches as they please.