You can’t own the beach in California. Our shoreline is public — thanks to the Coastal Act and the Coastal Commission — even when everything around it gets expensive and complicated. You can live next ...

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Inspired by a long city trek, a reporter set out to walk roughly 75 miles of Los Angeles County coastline, testing California’s promise that every inch of wet sand is public. Over 10 trips between ...