{"id":162707,"date":"2022-04-01T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=162707"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:11:15","slug":"nimby-surfers-despair-as-exclusive-central-coast-beaches-open-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=162707","title":{"rendered":"NIMBY surfers despair as exclusive Central Coast beaches open to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I tried to get into Hollister Ranch, an ultra-exclusive development of multi-million-dollar properties along California\u2019s Central Coast. Each one sits comfortably on tens of acres above an 8.5-mile stretch of white sand beach, various coveted surf breaks and dramatic cliffs. Located just a half-hour north of Santa Barbara, the area is one of the remaining unblemished surf spots on the California coast.<\/p>\n<p>At the front gate, I explained to the guard that I was doing a story on public access finally being realized for Hollister Ranch, but he didn\u2019t allow me in. I left, without incident.<\/p>\n<p>But if I went back to that same checkpoint today, I\u2019d be able to\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/centralcoast\/article\/Hollister-Ranch-beaches-to-open-17048701.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I tried to get into Hollister Ranch, an ultra-exclusive development of multi-million-dollar properties along California\u2019s Central Coast. Each one sits comfortably on tens of acres above an 8.5-mile stretch of white sand beach, various coveted surf breaks and dramatic cliffs. Located just a half-hour north of Santa Barbara, the area is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162708,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162707\/revisions\/162708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}