Oct. 31, 2025 8:31 AM PT
To the editor: Possibly this silver lining is a golden alternative for the California Coastal Fee to reclaim that wonderful, unimpeded view alongside the Pacific Coast Freeway for the general public in perpetuity (“Malibu’s post-fire silver lining: a safer Pacific Coast Highway,” Oct. 22). Whereas it’s undoubtedly unhappy and painful for these residing on the ocean’s edge to have misplaced their houses, maybe it’s really a blessing in disguise.
Most of these buildings have been shoehorned onto impossibly tiny fragments of sand between the highway and the ocean, destined to be blasted away by the subsequent vigorous storm generated by the inexorably rising tides of local weather change.
Fairly than rebuilding these precarious buildings, the Coastal Fee ought to reap the benefits of this distinctive second and purchase out the homeowners and restore coastal entry to the general public, per its mission.
Little doubt the monetary problems could be daunting, however not unattainable, and the second is ripe. The buildings are gone; don’t rebuild them.
Sarah Tamor, Santa Monica
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To the editor: Is there anybody on the market apart from me who would like to proceed to take pleasure in these ocean views whereas driving the PCH? Whereas it’s unlikely that the state of California would decide to accumulate this property by eminent area, maybe beneficiant tax credit would possibly encourage homeowners going through excessive development prices, an eroding shoreline and rising sea ranges to donate their land to the state.
Janet Davis, Marina del Rey
