The people’s coast
Re “Coastal access scores a win in a supreme battle,” Oct. 2
Poor Vinod Khosla. He spent $37 million on property by the ocean, and he thought he could own the beach too. He even retained high-priced attorneys who he thought would intimidate the California Coastal Commission into allowing him to close off access to Martins Beach.
In the end, the courts saw Khosla’s case as the very expensive smoke and mirrors it was. If I had that kind of money to spend on frivolity, I’d build the coolest, most realistic model railroad ever with my own hands, and maybe restore a Lockheed L-188 Electra.
All you filthy rich, megalomaniacal one-percenters out there should know that We the People are bigger, smarter and stronger, and we always will be. Lincoln Gable Riley Los Angeles
Reading about Khosla’s failed lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission brought to mind the famous and expensive Kahala Hotel and Resort on a semi-secluded section of the Honolulu coast.
Hawaii’s beach access laws are similar to California’s, so in that state, the coast and, therefore, the beachfront sands are enjoyed by all, whether guests of an adjacent hotel or not. The Kahala Hotel and Resort has seemed to prosper in spite of all the local “riff-raff,” who incidentally support the hotel’s concessions.
It’s called a win-win. Arthur A. Fleisher II Northridge