Homes vs. beaches: Court makes key decision in battle over whether California should allow more seawall construction as oceans rise
Homes vs. beaches: Court makes key decision in battle over whether California should allow more seawall construction as oceans rise
Half Moon Bay case could impact thousands of property owners and millions of beach goers across the state.
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If these people want to pay for their own sea walls to protect their homes, fine; but taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing the ultra rich to protect their properties. Buying ocean front property in this day and age is a big risk.
The problem us that private seawalls have the effect of destroying public beaches, which is why California restricts them.
I see, there are different ways to do them. In some ways, the public will need to fund some seawall construction to protect roads and reduce erosion overall. Highway 1 in CA is a good example. But, there are also plenty of examples of people who built homes dangerously close to the ocean and when a big storm rolls in, they get wrecked.