To the editor: Perhaps this silver lining is a golden alternative for the California Coastal Fee to reclaim that superb, unimpeded view alongside the Pacific Coast Freeway for the general public in perpetuity (“Malibu’s post-fire silver lining: a safer Pacific Coast Freeway,” Oct. 22). Whereas it’s undoubtedly unhappy and painful for these dwelling on the ocean’s edge to have misplaced their properties, maybe it’s truly a blessing in disguise.
Most of these buildings have been shoehorned onto impossibly tiny fragments of sand between the street and the ocean, destined to be blasted away by the subsequent vigorous storm generated by the inexorably rising tides of local weather change.
Relatively than rebuilding these precarious buildings, the Coastal Fee ought to benefit from this distinctive second and purchase out the house owners and restore coastal entry to the general public, per its mission.
Little doubt the monetary issues could be daunting, however not unimaginable, 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 in addition to 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 choose to amass this property by eminent area, maybe beneficiant tax credit would possibly encourage house owners going through excessive building prices, an eroding shoreline and rising sea ranges to donate their land to the state.
Janet Davis, Marina del Rey
