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Apr. 12, 2016

Ample legal support in lawsuit against surf thugs

Whether they know it or not, the Lunada Bay Boys may well have been egregiously violating state and federal laws for decades.

Mark Massara

General Counsel/Vice President of Social Responsibility
O'Neill Wetsuits

Mark is a surfer, attorney and environmental conservationist who works on coastal resource issues with nonprofit organizations, governmental entities and private landowners.

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Section 30001.5 of the California Coastal Act states: "The legislature further finds and declares that the basic goals of the state for the coastal zone are to ... [m]aximize public access to and along the coast and maximize public recreational opportunities in the coastal zone."

Passed by California voters in 1972 and sometimes referred to as the "Citizen's Beach Access Law," the California Coastal Act declares, among other things, that the California Coast is a state and worldwide ...

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