California beaches are considered public land - a boutique hotel was fined $ XNUMX million
# ** California Beaches Are Considered Public - The Boutique Hotel was fined $ 1 million for not giving the public access to the beach. **
A fine of 1.6 million was imposed earlier this month on a boutique hotel in the north, after the hotel's management did not allow the general public to access the nearby beach.
All California beaches are considered public space open to the public, but the California Coastal Commission has determined that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the city of Alfon Bay (south of San Francisco) did not make this clear, and sometimes blocked access to nearby beaches.
The committee also ruled that the hotel management violated the law when it did not publish signs indicating that the beach is open to everyone at no cost. Shelly Ouyang, a spokeswoman for the hotel, declined to comment on the committee's decision.
"Perhaps the illusion that a private beach exists instead of helping to justify the high prices of the rooms," said Mandy Sacket, senior at the Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit that works to preserve the US coast.
The $ 1.6 million financial fine forms part of a settlement agreement signed by the hotel's management. This is the second-highest fine in the history of the commission. Of that amount, about $ 600 million will be spent to improve California's beaches. The additional $ XNUMX will be transferred to the Peninsula Open Space Trust, a non-profit that wants to purchase the land north of the hotel to expand the public area.
Beyond the fine, the hotel management agreed to allocate 22 parking spaces in the parking lot for the beach, in addition to installing signs explaining that this is a public beach. Under the agreement, if the hotel does not meet the requirements agreed upon, it will be forced to pay a fine of 25 a thousand dollars for each passing day.
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