Park Superintendent Richard Haydon warns:
"We are going to be moving forward with starting to enforce the nudity statute down at San Onofre, and basically returning that portion of the beach to all people who want to go down there without fear of running into something they didn't think they would," Haydon said. "People should very well be under notice."I really despise this so-called "rationale". How can you exclaim that you are returning the beach to "all" people by banning those who most frequent the area? This is clear discrimination. All that needs to be done is put up a sign or two warning about nude sunbathers so people don't have to live in "fear" of seeing too much flesh.
Most of the article is retread material, but Baylis does note that people are ready to be arrested in order to bring the matter before the criminal courts as a matter of civil disobedience. Unfortunately, with a government intent on robbing people of basic freedoms, sometimes that's the only way. I only hope that Baylis has the numbers of people necessary to make such a protest effective.
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As someone who once went to San Onofre, I find it appalling that they would use the excuse of wanting to return the beach to "regular folks." The area in question is at the extreme south end of the park and a good 1/2 mile walk from the parking lot. There's an enormous amount of beach remaining for the "regular folks" to use without wondering onto the 200' of clothing optional area. It's probably no surprise to the readers of this blog that this is nothing more than a cover up for someone's idea of morality policing. Shameful!!!
There doesn't seem to be an easy way out of this situation. I just wonder where the state money is coming from to pay for these actions? With the state strapped for cash the way it is, you would think it better to find a way to make money off of their beaches instead of spending it on court battles!
I wouldn't be surprised if this was part of a plan to sell that property. ban the nudists, then when no one uses that part of the beach because it's so far away, reason that it's undesirable and sell it to a corp.
M.C. Glover may not be that far off. Weren't they pushing to put in a toll road through San O park just a few years ago?
By the way ... California State Parks has a Facebook page, and a big open wall ready for comments.
I wonder how many people are required to be arrested - to make a difference? 5? 100? 10,000?
I don't get it. The state wants to open the beach to ALL people. But what they're doing is restricting the beach to only those folks who wear swimsuits. So now it is NOT open to all people, as those who want to use it nude can't. But before, when it was available for nude use, people who wore swimsuits were never forbidden from using it. So therefore it must have been open to ALL people before. Again, I don't get it.
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