“That was important to the plaintiffs to remove."
It has been a hard few years for California’s most infamous surf gang. The Bay Boys, as they were called, once proudly ruled Palos Verdes’ Lunada Bay. The Southern California wave is very reflective of its neighborhood, lightly below average, and yet the Bay Boys protected it as if it were the Banzai Pipeline itself. Stories circulating about outsiders receiving menacing stares or worse. Menacing swears.
Well, a lawsuit was filed by one Cory Spencer and Diana Miernik in 2016 against the city, which lost and was forced to:
-Add stone benches at key points along the Lunada Bay bluffs, similar to benches in other coastal areas of the city.
-Improve the existing pathway along the Lunada Bay bluffs.
-Add simple signage to assist with navigation and to ensure the public is aware that the beach access at Lunada Bay is available to everyone.
And rip out a clump of bamboo where the Bay Boys allegedly partook in their brand of naughty.
According to KTLA:
With the help of a helicopter on Monday, the city of Palos Verdes Estates removed large amounts of non-native bamboo from Lunada Bay. The environment, however, was not the primary reasson.
Workers cleared the plants as part of a lawsuit settlement involving the notorious Bay Boys surf gang, which had been harassing “non-native” surfers for decades, the Daily Breeze is reporting.
The gang’s tactics included slashing car tires, hurling rocks, and picking fights. The lawsuit, filed by two out-of-town surfers, accused the city of failing to take action to stop them.
So.
Now that Lunada Bay has signs declaring it available to everyone and no bamboo forest for rock hurling, have you booked your Palos Verdes surf vacation?
Report back please.
