Plenty of people frequent Sunny Cove Beach, a three-acre strip of waterfront at the end of 17th Avenue in Live Oak. They come for the sand, the bluffs, and the view—a panoramic outlook over Monterey Bay. What many of those visitors don’t know is that they are only able to go there because of the owners’ generosity. The beach is actually private land, he extended property of a home on one end.
Plenty of people frequent Sunny Cove Beach, a three-acre strip of waterfront at the end of 17th Avenue in Live Oak. They come for the sand, the bluffs, and the view—a panoramic outlook over Monterey Bay. What many of those visitors don’t know is that they are only able to go there because of the owners’ generosity. The beach is actually private land, he extended property of a home on one end.
Now the beach has new owners, Daw and Jean Tsai, and they want to give the beach to the city … for free! “They feel as though it should be in public hands,” their attorney explains, adding that they are content with just keeping the house.
County Supervisor John Leopold is grateful for the offer, and plans to bring it before the Board of Supervisors as early as next week. In the past, he points out, the county tried to buy the beach. “Now we have a chance to get it for nothing,” he says. If the deal goes through, people across the county will owe the Tsais their gratitude. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
