While the Brewers of Milwaukee start their race in the playoffs, the owner of the team, Mark Attanasio, is involved in a legal battle Back in California revolving around one of the most precious resources in the state: sand.
In August, the neighbor of Attanasio has filed a legal action Accusing the businessman of stealing sand at the wide beach of Malibu and of bringing him back into his property as part of a construction project to repair a damaged dike.
Now, California Coastal Commission is embarking on action.
The Commission sent to Attanasio's lawyer Kenneth Ehrlich, a notice of violation in September, saying that the entrepreneurs working on the beach house in Attanasio have illegally exploited sand and exploit heavy machines within the state tivelands.
The Commission also said that the construction project altered public access to the beach, exhausted the sand of the beach and threatened damage to marine resources.
The opinion, which required a response by October 7, asked Attanasio to stop any unables and also resolving violations, which could include a monetary regulations.
This is not the first time that Atanasio has been quoted by the coastal commission for having stolen sand.
In addition to the opinion, the Commission joined an additional notice of 2008, accusing the owner of the Brewers of collecting sand from the beach for another house which he had half a long distance.
The 2008 opinion said that Atanasio had built an illegal dike in sandbags and metal posts along a public beach area, planted invasive plant species on a sand dune and hampering public access to the beach.
Attanasio sold this beach house to the co-creator of “friends” Marta Kauffman last year for $ 23.6 million, according to files.
“We are happy that the coastal commission resonates what we are also trying to do, and we are encouraged with the actions they have taken so far,” said lawyer Tim McGinity, who represents the neighbor of Attanasio, James Kohlberg, in the trial. “This quote from the neighboring owner validates what we said from the start: the beach cannot and should not be treated as a personal sandbox.”
The sand battle has ignited A wider discussion Regarding the private and public use of the beaches of California, while the neighbors and the cities are fighting on their share of an apparently infinite resource which is narrowed considerably in certain regions.
