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from what I remember, Khosla and his lawyers were real jerks to the county and throughout the trials but I think their biggest problem was he has to pay for a r
by jakelarkin 9y ago
from what I remember, Khosla and his lawyers were real jerks to the county and throughout the trials but I think their biggest problem was he has to pay for a relatively expensive liability insurance policy for public passage on the private access road that runs on his property, the only "easy" access to Martins Beach. The previous owners just sort of let things fly w/o insurance.
If the road was owned by the county and he gated it somehow he wouldn't have a leg to stand on but the problem is more nuanced ... Should he personally have to incur a large cost to maintain a public good b/c of proximity? It does seem arbitrary. A better man might sell the road to the county or come to some other compromise but he's become obsessed with the principle of the matter.
- hudibras 9y agoI don't know if what you said about the insurance is correct or not, but if it is then that should have been factored into the price that Khosla paid to get the land (and possibly the government's assessment of the land value). Nobody forced him to buy that property.
- jayd16 9y agoIts what he signed up for when he bought the place.
- michaelchisari 9y agoNot only was this part of the deal when purchasing the land, I'm sure if the insurance costs were an issue, he could work out a compromise with the State of California to donate the access path land.