Martins Beach: Lawmaker proposes eminent domain for access on Khosla’s property
“A Peninsula state senator is ratcheting up the pressure on Vinod Khosla, a Silicon Valley billionaire who has blocked public access to secluded Martins Beach since buying the property for $37.5 million.
State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, will introduce legislation Monday that would instruct the California State Lands Commission to purchase a private access road leading to the beach, which is cut off from coastal access by towering bluffs. If the commission isn’t able to reach a deal with Khosla within a year, according to the proposed bill, it would be authorized to acquire the road through eminent domain.”
San Mateo County Times 8 February 2014.