Overview
- An 8-foot chain-link fence still blocks the only path to the state beach, after police removed a handwritten sign threatening to shoot “trespassers,” and a hole has since been cut in the barrier.
- San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa has asked the California Coastal Commission to order the fence removed, arguing it violates the Coastal Act and noting the owner did not seek required permits.
- Daly City plans to discuss the blockade at a council meeting on Monday, and Canepa is slated to speak with the commission’s president this week.
- The landowner has not been publicly identified; Canepa says the adjacent parcel was purchased in November.
- Residents, conservation groups and nearly 500 petition signers are urging restored access, citing emergency-response risks and the Martins Beach case as a legal precedent.