End of an era? California cracks down on nude beaches

This thing had me at "cracks down on nudes".

Man...what is up with this. Now I can't go to the beach and get a legit all over body tan..I'll have to start fake-baking?? What....this must involve tanning salons who will be reaping the benefits to have people fake-bake in their salon because 'sniffle' we have to start wearing bikini bottoms and tops. So no longer will people have a natural all over tan..but will have to go to the tanning salon for a fake bake sesh or fuck around with white asses...haha. Oi fucking vei. :/

adam and eve ate the fruit of knowledge and realized they were naked. there was no one around so why were they shamed? think about it, this is an important story, it speaks to one of our great fears. ask yourself, what is it about nudity that causes discomfort ? this does not have to do with sexual interest or inadequacy.
when you see anothers plumbing it reminds you that we are animals, like any dog. most people feel vulnerable when on the toilet and lock the door even when alone.
accepting our dual nature is an important step in self actualization. back in eden did god mind if adam and eve were naked? no, god threw them out when they put on clothes. that might be the lesson of the crusificion; jesus was nailed arms spread, naked for everyone to see his hairy genitals, leaving this world as he came...... bare ass naked!

I have problems with public nudity for sanitary reasons. I don't want to sit my naked bottom on a chair or bench that a diseased, dirty or incontinent person sat on, do you?
Besides I think some bodies just should be covered up, Bare is beautiful in young, in shape people; not obese rolly polly wrinkled or stretched out weight loss people. It puts people off food for awhile. My daughter was grossed out by a fat old man with tshirt tan lines riding his lawnmower without a shirt.She was around 5 or 6. The whole site made her have flash backs, the rolls and the man boobs just bouncin' around on the white trunked guy just blew her little mind. She still shutters when she sees a similar situation.

What amazes me is the same people that run to these tea-bag parties screaming about their freedoms being infringed upon are the very same people that want to dictate who people can marry and where they can take their clothes off and with whom - and which god to prey to while you're not doing all the things they don't see fit. How does that work, is there only supposed to be freedom for some?

Nobody should be blamed here.

I agree with eldamon.... tax them.. ajajajaja

Naked hippies might be one of the most offensive sights out there, but it shouldn’t be illegal. People can enter nude beaches at their own risk.

well erm yeah a good thing for the aesthetic reason in the U.S. .... However you gotta come to corsica in the summer and the beauties there are gorgeous, actually its a festival and its usually a model going nude out of boredom, but man that needs to happen here.

Just a Info heads up...The property in is owned by US Marines, The state of California Leases the property from the Marines....There is a $10 Fee to get into the Park and the Area is the very last trail and is not easy for the average beach goer to find or hike to
...it seems to me, a state that wants to close down its parks means that $10 bucks is not coming in and if the state is worried about this section of the park..how do they have money to inforce such peaceful people? . its OC...they are the minority..Most people not from Orange County only go to Disneyland the beaches and get out quick..
The Christian "right" is all judging and think they have all the "answers"!

That was the first article to make me feel old; thanks Mother Jones.

Seriously everyone!! This topic went from a few comments when I went to sleep, to 32 when I woke up. Let's pick our battles....I can NOT believe how many people are in an uproar over this. Give me a fucking break...YOu have a right to be naked..and I have a right to go to the beach and NOT see your ass naked. Now, go find something socially important to get upset about.

Great so now they will be able to tell men that they have to wear shirts on the beach too or face a fine?

Where will their unchecked power end? Let me guess they're going to start placing police on the beaches whilst pulling them away from REAL crimes like rape and murders, they could be solving.

This is just a ploy for the state to bring in money from fines. I mean shit all I ever hear about on the news anymore is how bankrupt the state of California is.

"the ruling doesn't apply to land owned by the National Park Service, which has preserved the freedom to bare it all."

Good! I'll take my business elsewhere. Grow up California, and accept the body gave you.

BUM WRAP.

Nude beaches are a place where corporations can't use us as advertising, unless of course you have slogan tattoos . . .

The human body is a beautiful, complex work of art.

It saddens me that it has been stigmatized.

Just something else for the police to enforce instead of doing something that actually helps people.

it means little, if you are descreet who is there to enforse it but if you need to be a public spectical,mabey paying the ticket is thrill enough.
one thing to be very careful about especally on a nude beach, crack kills.

The people who are responsible for this are actually a few nudists. The problem was on a single beach where for 30 years the beach goers were reasonably discreet. Recently for som reason a few of them instead started leaving their area and parading around naked in parts of the beach occupied by non nudists.

No one had a problem till this started. it is an over reaction though. Any legislation should apply to that beach only.

Whoever is responsible for that should be sent back to preschool. It insults us all when childish imbeciles set policies like this. The whole state should feel embarrassed.

Nazi's .... Taking away our freedoms!

Roam nude on Nude Beaches all ya want. Thats what there for! Damn Christians lobbyists are probably behind this nonsense too!

I don't even live in Cali and I'm pissed off!

But then, hay, there's always Vegas right, yay!

Nudity today continues to carry over this aura of free wheeling sex. Some people just prefer to be naked. This is just another example of what happens when we complain. We lose another freedom. What a loss!! It's senseless!

Cali folks, is going conservative. I see it all over well, at least in socal.

They should legalize it and charge admittance. We need new revenue sources and that would certainly generate some funds.

California is a land of such paradoxes. Public nudity should be celebrated. We need to learn to accept nudity as common and stop the antiquated Victorian principles that keep trying to drag us back to Medieval times.

Although I wouldn't personally run around naked everywhere, I applaud the right of people to live as they came into the world; nude.

boooooooooooo

If 'GenExers' dont want their little ones seeing nudity then dont go to a nude beach! Don't spoil it for the rest of us! Besides, most of the nude beaches arent best beaches so its not like prime beach real-estate is being used up :/

I blame McDonalds.

Lameeeeeee

Who sued who and why? What a bunch of killjoys.

Ugly ass people usually go to nude beaches anyway... what a bummer.