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The Denney's (previous owners) used to charge for people using their property to go into the beach. Maybe you should read instead of calling names and getting
by hyperliner 9y ago
The Denney's (previous owners) used to charge for people using their property to go into the beach. Maybe you should read instead of calling names and getting bent out of shape?
"Joan Gallo, a former San Jose city attorney who represents the land owner, agreed that the courts should weigh in. The Deeneys had run a private business, she said, allowing invitees of their choosing onto the property, and that hadn't changed.
"It seems to us that it's an important issue to be litigated," Gallo said. "I have a strong belief that the Constitution doesn't require you to give up property rights or conduct a business you don't want to conduct."
Mark Massara — a surfer and attorney who is working with McClosky and the law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy on the case — said he believed the constitutional arguments have merit. But since that approach could drag on for years (think Geffen), his team opted for "a very narrow strike to the heart of this thing."
- cjensen 9y agoSorry, but you are wrong. Khosla could have maintained the property in the old state where he charged admission and made no changes to the property. He was warned about this when he bought the property. California law is extremely clear about this, and a cursor check of case law would have confirmed this. Khosla knowingly violated the law in an attempt to remove public access using thin and unlikely legal excuses involving pre-US law. He had his day in court and lost. He has received a court order and continues to be defiant. This isn't the "property rights" hill you want to die on. This is an utter jerk being an utter jerk. This is a rich man trying to use money as a substitute for following clear Law. This is such extreme lawless behavior that every time that every time I see a company take investment from Khosla it stains that company in my mind forever.
- dang 9y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14679505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14679505 and marked it off-topic.