[hstreet]

I don't have a horse in this race either (from Toronto, couldn't care less), but I am a map nerd. I had the same confusion as RobertRoberts when looking at the street view too.

Either I'm vastly underestimating how much property on Martins Beach Rd that Khosla owns, or it's poor journalism with a half explanation of the issue.

The 3D map view shows it better. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Martin's+Beach/@37.3749952...

From what I can see, it's either: 1. The stretch of Martins Beach Rd that runs along the beach, or 2. The tiny road above the row of houses that runs parallel to the stretch of Martins Beach Rd that runs along the beach.

I don't know how it would be 1, as Martins Beach Rd would be a government funded and managed road. According to the map though, both roads are named the same. Somehow I doubt this though, and one of these roads is private, the other is the real Martins Beach Rd.

However, it still doesn't answer why Khosla would be able to close a whole private road when there's what looks like 22 properties on the upper Martins Beach Rd, and 13 properties on the lower Martins Beach Rd - does he own all of them? Really confusing!

[kbutler]

You're thinking much too small. Zoom out. Then zoom out again.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Martin's+Beach/@37.3759307...

From the LA Times, the "Gate in dispute" is right off highway 1: https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1d63e71/214...

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-martins-beach-supr...