Protesting beach closures in Orange County, surfers push through barriers, and others march on the sand.
along the Orange County coast amid growing debate about beach closures intended to reduce the threat of the coronavirus.issued Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom calling for a “hard close” of all state and local beaches, a mandate that singled out the sandy stretches of Orange County over the previous weekend’s crowds, which flooded the coastline seeking relief from a spring heat wave.
Eventually, the crowd dispersed, but half a dozen stood their ground and debated their case with police officers not far from the water. Bill Beukers was among them. He and his wife had driven down from Lancaster, and uncertain how the conversation would go, she filmed the exchange while the couple’s children bodysurfed.
A day after demonstrators congregated at the intersection of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway inagainst stay-at-home orders, another organized protest took place Saturday in Laguna Beach.Those barriers did not hold, as protesters made their way onto the sand and continued the demonstration in the afternoon.The Laguna Beach City Council recently voted to allow active use of its beaches from 6 to 10 a.m. on weekdays only.
A motorcycle officer was seen redirecting cyclists off the beach path toward the sidewalk. The beaches and water were eventually cleared in their entirety.“We worked in conjunction with marine safety, who were the lifeguards out in the water who were working to get people in from the water,” Bennett said. “It’s completely clear.”
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