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Tone deaf as usual. Roughly 90 acres purchased in 2008 for $32.5mil, easement according to http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Vinod-Khosla-wants-30-million-

Tone deaf as usual. Roughly 90 acres purchased in 2008 for $32.5mil, easement according to http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Vinod-Khosla-wants-30-million-for-Martins-Beach-6847689.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Vinod-Khosla-wants-30-... is about an acre. That's quite a bit of appreciation. Khosla is wrong in this one and continues to be an example of tone deafness on access rights and how the Bay Area sees beach access as compared to Malibu, etc. (They have similar fights down there, but, well, the gentrification and blockage is more established).

1024core 11y ago
Khosla has always been tone deaf. Back in the 90s, when California was having one of its droughts, Khosla was the biggest violater of the water use restrictions in the Bay Area. In an ideal world, the tech world would boycotts Khosla and startups refuse to take a dime from him. That would knock some sense into him. But this is not an ideal world, and people will continue lining up outside his door, hat in hand. He knows money is king, and he has lots of it.
- NonEUCitizen 11y ago
  How about boycotting his startups? Don't take a job with them and don't buy from them.
wdr1 11y ago
Malibu residents are fairly tone deaf as well. Fake garage doors. Fake "No Parking" signs. Fake red-painted curbs. Rent-a-cops with real guns. And that's to keep the public away from existing public beach access points. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/17/us/billionaires-beach-malibu-public-access/ http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/17/us/billionaires-beach-malibu-p...
- jmspring 11y ago
  Yes. My point was, it's bad down there and actions like Khosla's are the norm rather than the exception. It is the reverse up here, for now. Not sure what the recent upheaval with the California Coastal Commission will mean down the road (though, they also aren't saints in any way).

1024core 11y ago

Khosla has always been tone deaf. Back in the 90s, when California was having one of its droughts, Khosla was the biggest violater of the water use restrictions in the Bay Area. In an ideal world, the tech world would boycotts Khosla and startups refuse to take a dime from him. That would knock some sense into him. But this is not an ideal world, and people will continue lining up outside his door, hat in hand. He knows money is king, and he has lots of it.

NonEUCitizen 11y ago
How about boycotting his startups? Don't take a job with them and don't buy from them.

wdr1 11y ago

Malibu residents are fairly tone deaf as well. Fake garage doors. Fake "No Parking" signs. Fake red-painted curbs. Rent-a-cops with real guns. And that's to keep the public away from existing public beach access points. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/17/us/billionaires-beach-malibu-public-access/ http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/17/us/billionaires-beach-malibu-p...

jmspring 11y ago
Yes. My point was, it's bad down there and actions like Khosla's are the norm rather than the exception. It is the reverse up here, for now. Not sure what the recent upheaval with the California Coastal Commission will mean down the road (though, they also aren't saints in any way).