And, all these marginally talented celebs who yell, "Private beach!," wait 'til the next storm washes away 20 more feet of sand. Then, you'll hear these hypocrits whine about how the state and taxpayers must protect this invaluable public trust.
And, try finding a place to park! They do not allow public access to the beach from the street. The elitists democrats go crazy if you try to walk the property lines to the beach. So non-elitists have to park at either end of the golden compounds and walk the shore line to get to a broad beach. These are the ultimate limosene liberals; all talk and more talk!
New Times L.A. Apr 11, 2002Even now, in what might be described as a battle of the haves and the have mores, lawsuits are flying after a remarkable piece of beach-money politics involving a trio of Malibu heavyweights: billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad, billionaire television mogul Haim Saban (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and Nancy Daly Riordan, wife of the ex-Los Angeles mayor [Richard Riordan] and failed gubernatorial candidate. In exchange for being allowed to build huge mansions near each other on Carbon Beach that would illegally obstruct ocean views, the three friends overcame the commission’s objections by the most old-fashioned of means. They wrote checks for a combined $1 million to buy and donate a strip of shoreline 80 feet wide for public access -- not near their homes, but at nearby La Costa Beach.
The “gift” would provide the only access point in one of the most inaccessible of Malibu’s residential beach corridors. But La Costa homeowners -- among them actor Ryan O’Neal and record producer Lou Adler -- weren’t keen on having the public hordes invade the empty beachfront just off their balconies. They’ve sued the coastal commission and its sister agency, the state Coastal Conservancy, to prevent the site, known locally as “the cove,” from getting opened to the public. Agreeing with them, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge last July scolded Broad, Daly Riordan and Saban for maneuvering to transfer a “nuisance” to their neighbors down the beach. The commission has appealed the ruling. But regardless of whether the “the cove” is ever opened, Broad, Daly Riordan and Saban can’t lose. At a cost of a million dollars divided by three, they got approval for the houses they wanted, leaving the La Costa folks to duke it out with the state in court.