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Billionaire Khosla Loses Bid to End California Beach Access Suit
- ulkhf 2y agoThis is a nothing story. Court cases have many checkpoints along the way and this case has passed a very minor checkpoint that is almost always passed. The real meat is yet to come.
- randycupertino 2y agohttps://archive.ph/XW9H3 https://archive.ph/XW9H3 My favorite moment from the Martin's Beach saga was when he cited an ancient law from the conquistadors trying to block access and got shot down in the Supreme Court. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and ceded California to the United States was overruled by the 1976 California Coastal Act.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoHe's kept access to the beach in various forms of uncertainty for 15 years, it's hard to argue that the law matters at this point.
- randycupertino 2y agoIt's crazy he bought the property in 2008 and it's still in the courts. With his endless resources he can just keep filing suits and delays and dragging this out.
- almost_usual 2y agoBillionaire problems. The beach is south of Half Moon Bay.
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- srameshc 2y agoSince Khosla has deep pockets, can he appeal to block access to the beach and prevent public access still ?
- TheCleric 2y agoHe doesn’t even have to appeal. This seems to be a ruling saying that he can’t have the suit throw out on its face. So he could still win the suit itself (though I wouldn’t bet on that).