In California the people with enough money to buy oceanfront homes are, unsurprisingly, expert in working the system. Their efforts proceed along two fronts:

In California the people with enough money to buy oceanfront homes are, unsurprisingly, expert in working the system. Their efforts proceed along two fronts: 1. Subverting the Coastal Act through endless lobbying and litigation, to allow private or public artificial barriers against the sea. 2. Promoting replacement-sand dredging projects, sold as "beach replenishment" and charged to the public treasury, of course.