Maybe I'm being pedantic, but when you own waterfront land in California, I wouldn't say you can generally do what you want with it. The CA deserts, on the othe

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but when you own waterfront land in California, I wouldn't say you can generally do what you want with it. The CA deserts, on the other hand, make a property owner feel like they actually own the land. For example, the Coastal Commission just prohibited hundreds of homes in Newport Beach from putting outdoor furniture on the sand, on their own private property (hundreds of meters from the actual water).