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16. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) has been reasonably accommodating compared to the celebrities living
Wed May 22, 2024, 10:19 AM
May 2024

on or near Malibu Beach, where California's "earliest laws dictate that the area between the water line and the mean high tide line is public land. To put it simply, wet sand equals public beach. In theory, anyone could walk the 1,100 miles of California’s coast and never set foot on private property."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/12/malibu-celebrity-homeowners-beach-battle-public-access

While California's 1976 access laws codified existing common law, Gov. Murphy signed New Jersey's law governing beach access in 2019. Not everything is apparent from the article linked to the OP. It doesn't indicate whether it is addressing the area from the ocean to the normal high-tide line or if it grants access further inland beyond that line. If so, an issue likely will be compensation under the Constitution's taking clause found in the 5th Amendment, "...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

I believe that OGCMA historically has been far more accommodating than California's celebrities who act as if they are entitled to everything at all times.

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