Broad Beach Sand Battle Results in Denials, Outrage
Fred Pilot sends this long roundup on the sand grab in Malibu that suggests the rich HOA residents are trying to keep the public away from their sacrosanct property:

Following years of litigation between the California Coastal Commission and the Trancas Property Owners Association over public access issues at Broad Beach, a new dispute arose last week after the homeowners association contracted skip loaders to move tons of sand from the shoreline along Broad Beach and form berms near private beachfront homes. As first reported in last week's Los Angeles Times, the Coastal Commission quickly issued notice-of-intent orders that abruptly put an end to the sand relocation, but not before a large sand berm, approximately eight feet in height in some places and 1.1 miles long, had already been constructed. Immediately following the construction of the large berm, water began to get trapped in and around the beach's tidal zone-the section of beach where the public is allowed to congregate-making public access to the beach extremely difficult...