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 residing on the ocean’s edge to have misplaced their houses, maybe it’s truly a blessing in disguise.
Most of these constructions 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.
Moderately than rebuilding these precarious constructions, the Coastal Fee ought to make the most of this distinctive second and purchase out the homeowners and restore coastal entry to the general public, per its mission.
Little question the monetary issues 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 in addition to me who would like to proceed to get pleasure from 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
