Strands Gate

No gates at Strands center and mid access. Strandsgate is nearly over, next question is who is going to pay for all the legal fees. CCC calls the shots.

Some ask, "when will this end?"…
http://voiceofoc.org/2016/09/dana-point-sues-developer-over-strandsgate-legal-fees/

A settlement has been signed by the City of DP and the CCC!
See all the details at the this link.
http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/access-at-long-last-strands-beach-access-settlement-agreement-affords-ample

Access At Long Last: Strands Beach Access Settlement Agreement Affords Ample Public Access Surfrider Foundation celebrates the resolution of a six-year battle for beach access at Dana Point Strands Beach. The City of Dana Point has been embroiled in litigation with Surfrider Foundation and the California Coastal Commission since 2010. The recent Settlement Agreement between the City and…

No beach. We fought the revetment and lost. And the developer got exactly what he aimed for. No beach for the beach front lots and essentially no beach goers. EXCEPT, the cobbles are getting catapulted by the waves into the lots and encroaching.

Ssshhh… Don't tell anybody that the center Strands access is now Open.

The Mid-Strands Gate is now open without restriction. A sharpie sign is on the gate. So the public is NOT restricted by the recent council vote for one hour prior to sun up and one hour after sun set locked gates. Stay tuned. Fines are the elephant in the room.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/beach-691479-access-city.html

Dana Point going down wrong path Dana Point seems to be playing with fire. Following a loss in court over the installation of gates and restricting hours on the paths that cut through the Strand at Headlands, a luxury residential development, on the way to the beach, the City Council voted last week to keep the gates up, albeit wit…

Dana Point City Council approved a moot agenda item tonight on access issues at Mid-Strands. At issue was a. City and Developer lost all 4X on appeals dating back from a pre textual action taken in 2010. Good luck on the sun up and sun down ruse…..

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/access-685080-beach-coastal.html

Dana Point should end quest to limit beach access Arguments that not limiting public coastal access at certain points along Strands Beach in Dana Point would result in “teenage drinking, teenage smoking, s*x parties, s*x, drugs and rock and roll” are unfounded, according to a San Diego Superior Court judge’s ruling last week.

Death of a beach!

http://www.theinertia.com/surf/city-of-dana-point-acted-with-pretext-in-blocking-beach-access-court-says/