<story><title>Vinod Khosla asks for $30M for access to public beach</title><url>http://www.abc10.com/news/local/california/billionaire-asks-for-30m-for-access-to-public-beach/50023553</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jmspring</author><text>Tone deaf as usual.  Roughly 90 acres purchased in 2008 for $32.5mil, easement according to &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfgate.com&amp;#x2F;bayarea&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;Vinod-Khosla-wants-30-million-for-Martins-Beach-6847689.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfgate.com&amp;#x2F;bayarea&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;Vinod-Khosla-wants-30-...&lt;/a&gt; is about an acre.  That&amp;#x27;s quite a bit of appreciation.&lt;p&gt;Khosla is wrong in this one and continues to be an example of tone deafness on access rights and how the Bay Area sees beach access as compared to Malibu, etc.  (They have similar fights down there, but, well, the gentrification and blockage is more established).</text></comment>
<story><title>Vinod Khosla asks for $30M for access to public beach</title><url>http://www.abc10.com/news/local/california/billionaire-asks-for-30m-for-access-to-public-beach/50023553</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cromwellian</author><text>Man, Vinod is burning up every shred of street cred he had with this fight over the beach in front of his property. For someone who has often taken liberal or progressive positions on other things, this seems remarkably tone deaf.&lt;p&gt;The law on public beaches in California is clear. You can&amp;#x27;t privatize a beach by trying to obstruct people from getting to it.</text></comment>