A state judge tentatively denied venture capitalist Vinod Khosla’s effort to throw out a lawsuit seeking to guarantee permanent public access
The long-running dispute over access to Martins Beach , near Half Moon Bay, is slated to continue playing out in the courts.
The locking of the gate led to a trio of lawsuits as well as legislation intended to restore public access. Two of those lawsuits have since been resolved — one in Khosla’s favor, another against. In a motion to the court last fall, Khosla’s lawyers attempted to have the commissions’ case dismissed, arguing that they didn’t have the legal right to file suit to ensure public access via that road. But in his tentative ruling, Swope affirmed the agencies did, in fact, have a right to file the suit.
New UC Berkeley tool paints grimmer picture of SF housing crisis Researchers argued that most municipalities’ affordability metrics miss key information State legislation passed last decade directed the Coastal Commission to attempt to negotiate a purchase of access to the road or, if the negotiations failed, to use eminent domain to acquire it. But the state only set aside $1 million for the purchase. Khosla reportedly said he would sell access via the road for $30 million.
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