LAND USE ISSUES: COASTAL ACCESS

JALAMA and NAPLES
If you have used the beach access trail to Naples or Jalama, please complete the Prescriptive Rights questionnaire (link below). The Coastal Commission will use this public historical access information to determine if these popular beach accesses deserve to be dedicated public access points.
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/access/naples.pdf
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/access/jalama.pdf

OCTOBER 2006 UPDATE:Jalama and Naples prescriptive rights studies are still under review, basically waiting for Linda Locklin, CCC staff, to get to them. Staff had some law student interns who made a lot of progress on them this summer, but now they're gone and someone needs to wrap up the studies. The next step isthat the info will be analyzed, and if warranted, the issue will be sent to the Ca attorney general's office. She did say they received tons of completed surveys, which is usually the hardest part in making a successful case, so it looks pretty good.

She also said she was out there last month or so and it looked like the fence was cut and people had the same level of access they've always had.This seemed to be one of her reasons for not feeling pressed to finish thepaperwork. So if the fence is re-strung or access otherwise restricted, please us or tell her directly 585-1800 right away because it might speed up the study.

Isla Vista

OCTOBER 2006 UPDATE: County  of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors approved a coastal development permit for this Isla Vista Parking Program The Surfrider organization appealed this permit and the California Coastal Commission (Commission) conducted a hearing on April 13, 2005 and voted to continue the item.  Specifically, the Commission directed its staff to develop a revised project description, in conjunction with County staff, and return to the Commission for further consideration.  Staff from the County and Commission met October 2005 to discuss Commission concerns raised at the April 13, 2005 hearing and consider alternative project designs.  Based on that discussion, and at the request of Commission staff, County staff developed the revised draft project description, which addresses the Commission's previous comments and concerns.  Please understand that the revised draft project description is not the County's preferred or recommended project but rather a reflection of an alternative that the Commission may find acceptable.  Should the Commission move forward and issue a permit for this or some other project description that differs from that which the County Board of Supervisors previously approved, County staff will report the conclusions to the County Board of Supervisors and all interested members of the community. A hearing is set for November 17, 2006 in Huntington Beach before the California Coastal Commission. More

Driftwoods

Unpermitted "no trespassing signs" at Driftwoods Beach appreared Thanksgiving, 2004. These were photographed and taken to the Coastal Commission at their January 2005 meeting and have reported the
Coastal Act violation to Steve Hudson at the Ventura Office of the Commission (and Lisa Haage at the CCC office in SF). We are particularly concerned that the signs on the Parson's property at Driftwoods blocks the well used, long established Coastal Trail vertical accessway between the railroad tracks and the beach, and that by directing the public to the Bacarra Resort via the beach, Parsons is suggesting a very dangerous alternative that will inevitably lead to some visitor or tourist being trapped near the Arco Oil Pier and bashed upon the rocks and bluffs at high tide. As you all know, during even a medium tide, with swell of even moderate size, there is no "beach" trail between the ocean and the adjacent steep bluffs. Therefore, I believe it is vitally important that the existing public access coastal trail across the Parson's property be re-established as soon as possible.