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He doesn't own the beach, and an easement to access public land is a normal, non-controversial thing.



Not in this case. The land came from a Mexican land grant and pre-dates the State of California.

As a part of the settlement of the Mexican-American war, the US has to respect existing land ownership in perpetuity.


Reviewing this history of the legal case, this does seem to be exactly where this case is stuck. The treaty doesn't apply to the beach below mean high tide, but the road does.




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