Who maintains California beaches?

Under California's federally-approved Coastal Management Program, the California Coastal Commission manages development along the California coast except for San Francisco Bay, where the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission oversees development.



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The County received grant deeds from the State for eight popular beaches in September 1995; Topanga, Malibu Lagoon, Point Dume, Dan Blocker, Las Tunas, Manhattan, Redondo, and Royal Palms Beaches. Today the County not only operates and maintains the beaches along the Los Angeles Coast but also owns most of them.

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The Manhattan Beach site once housed Bruce's Lodge, a resort established in 1912 by the property's owners, Willa and Charles Bruce, as a place where Black tourists could go to avoid harassment at a time of rampant discrimination against Black people in California and beyond. It was known informally as “Bruce's Beach.”

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The public trust doctrine, Selvin says, holds that the sand below the mean high tide line is held for the public. Meaning, more or less: All of have the right to be on sand that's wet or damp, but not necessarily so where the sand is dry.

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What most people don't realize is that it's illegal to take sand from any beach in California. Most States and cities have laws against taking sand, plants, and wood from local beaches.

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For many states with a coastline, legally, it belongs to the public.

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In 1976, the state legislature passed the California Coastal Act, basically making Prop 20 permanent.

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