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Nudist resort residents furious after property owner demands they put clothes on, cuts off power [CA]
ny post ^ | Ross O'Keefe

Posted on 02/07/2026 11:33:56 AM PST by BenLurkin

Some residents of a California nudist resort are experiencing birthday suit blues after the owners of the property allegedly cut their power for refusing demands to clothe themselves.

The drastic step is the latest development in a feud between the owners and residents of the historical refuge for the unclothed, Olive Dell Ranch near Riverside, California.

Despite its nudist roots since 1952, owners of the ranch enacted a “textile” policy months ago, forcing residents to clothe themselves in public areas. The residents then sued the owners, alleging they violated their civil rights by restricting their freedom to bare arms, legs and everything in between.

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The owners, who bought the property in 2019, are accused of letting it go to ruin and forcing residents to maintain it. The pool had been left to turn green, the sauna and restaurant were closed, community events were canceled and the water system was neglected, leaving people without drinking water at points.

Roads, showers and tennis courts also deteriorated.

Residents even began feeling unsafe when the front gate stopped locking, and they began worrying about peeping toms checking out the nudists.

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The attorney considers the nudists’ affinity for bare skin to be a characteristic that they can be discriminated against for. “The reason it’s against the law, is the civil rights act prohibits any business from discriminating against anyone based on their characteristics,” she told ABC 7.

The nudists are seeking millions in damages from the owners of the Olive Dell Ranch for breach of contract, negligence, elder abuse, civil rights violations, and other things. Campbell said an associate from her firm was in court Friday fighting for the nudists, and the judge chided the defendants on engaging in “self-help” evictions.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: california; lol; righttobarearms
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To: BenLurkin

When I was young, there was a man in our circle who was looking for a female to join a nudist colony with him (apparently, it was one where you had to join with a partner.)

I’ve never understood the allure; so very few of us have the physique worthy of being shown off like that; and even when we do, it usually doesn’t very long...


21 posted on 02/07/2026 12:22:25 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BenLurkin
The Bumblebee Invaded a Nudist Colony--Billy Mitchell (1950)

This tune was composed by Dootsie Williams, who later founded Dootone Records, which put out smash hits like Earth Angel by the Penguins and House Cat by the Romancers.

22 posted on 02/07/2026 12:25:01 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: DIRTYSECRET
I found it with ease.

26520 Keissel Rd Colton, California

And they will all die of skin cancer.

23 posted on 02/07/2026 12:28:25 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister

It’s nice there’s a fence to keep them in...


24 posted on 02/07/2026 12:31:10 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: higgmeister

It’s nice there’s a fence to keep them in...


25 posted on 02/07/2026 12:31:12 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: fruser1

Cigarette are bad in cali but pot is ok.


26 posted on 02/07/2026 12:50:16 PM PST by waterhill (This world is not my home, I'm just passin' through, you gotta come up to The House.)
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To: BenLurkin

The pool water looks blue in the aerial photos.


27 posted on 02/07/2026 12:50:26 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t see what the problem is, the new owners are just following Jesus’s command to clothe the naked.


28 posted on 02/07/2026 12:51:40 PM PST by HerrBlucher
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To: BenLurkin

In a filing, the owners asked the judge to dismiss the complaint for making bare allegations.


29 posted on 02/07/2026 12:54:13 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Jamestown1630
Did you notice the little signs hanging from the gate house window?

Get Naked

Be Happy

Do Your Own Thing

Enjoy Life!

Believe

Dream

BiG

30 posted on 02/07/2026 12:55:47 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: BenLurkin

New owners Indian or muslim?


31 posted on 02/07/2026 12:58:56 PM PST by jughandle
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To: BenLurkin

“”that they can be discriminated against for.””

May have passed a bar exam but certainly failed English!

Is this a vacation resort or permanent housing for nudists?


32 posted on 02/07/2026 1:08:33 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Jamestown1630

Someone drilled a peephole in the privacy fence. After complaints, the police said they were looking into it.


33 posted on 02/07/2026 1:10:07 PM PST by BipolarBob (Homer: A doughnut in each hand is a balanced diet.)
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To: ansel12

“”Turning off the heat to a nudist colony during February temperatures””

May not affect Riverside, CA - relatives tell me it’s in the ‘70’s there..other parts of the state may fluctuate!


34 posted on 02/07/2026 1:11:07 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: BenLurkin
violated their civil rights by restricting their freedom to bare arms, legs and everything in between

Yeah - I remember that in the Bill of Rights

35 posted on 02/07/2026 1:11:40 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: algore

“”So are they really residents? is it like a mobile home park, or is it more like a club I wonder.””

I wondered the same thing and asked if it was a vacation resort or real residents? Don’t know!


36 posted on 02/07/2026 1:13:38 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

It is inland so it can get cold.

https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/ca/riverside


37 posted on 02/07/2026 1:14:22 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: higgmeister

Thanks. It doesn’t appear to be very pleasant, does it? Beastly hot out there in the summertime....


38 posted on 02/07/2026 1:16:26 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: BipolarBob

LOL!

But really: how much is there in the average nudist club that one would really want to look at?

A bunch of women with exorbitant notions of their own beauty, and a bunch of male creepers.


39 posted on 02/07/2026 1:16:27 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BipolarBob

LOL....Also pretty clever FR profile page...


40 posted on 02/07/2026 1:19:56 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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