They Don't Own Everything And They Are Not Happy

The Rich say, "You will own nothing, and you will be happy." But they aren't happy that they don't own the beaches in front of their homes. Fake 'private property' signs spring up on wealthy Calif. city's beach

There is apparently a TicTok video on the signs on one such beach.

The video is only the latest example of ongoing fights between owners of Malibu’s multimillion-dollar beachfront homes and beach visitors in the upscale coastal community of Los Angeles. Confrontations like these have become part of a broader pattern in California of wealthy homeowners living near California’s popular hikes, beaches and other natural attractions taking matters into their own hands to limit visitors. Last year, the California Coastal Commission penalized homeowners in Malibu who had spent the better part of four decades obscuring access to Escondido Beach. And in a separate incident posted to TikTok this week, a woman can be seen angrily roping off an area of Laguna Beach in front of her home and yelling at beachgoers to leave.

And as usual there is a homeowners association in the mix, and as we all know, homeowners associations are inherently evil.

“All beaches in California are public under the California Coastal Act. The line between public and private is the mean high tide line,” Matt Myerhoff, a spokesperson for the city of Malibu, wrote in an email to SFGATE. Guidelines posted to the city’s social media accounts this summer note that in addition to fully accessible beaches that have parking lots, bathrooms and staffed lifeguard towers, there are also “numerous public access paths to beaches that are between homes, where there are no bathrooms, trash containers, or lifeguards.”

The wealthy homeowners who bought property near those public access points don't like it. The city of Malibu cut down and confiscated signs posted by the state because "the state didn't get permits." It wasn't all because they hate the proles who dare take advantage of the public access.

Life is good when the rules get applied to everyone. Otherwise you don't live in a free society.