I am looking for ideas to reverse the California ban on Clothing Optional beaches that would be supported by the public. The legal process is not working and in the mean time, my local beach (San Onofre) remains closed as do many others, and the very element the State used to argue the close the beach have become reality.

One suggested that was made to me is to rally a bunch of nudist protestors to patronize public beaches in g-strings and banana hammocks with some sort of logo or flag that says "Our beaches were closed by Sacramento. Please support re-opening nude beaches" or something that get the average non-nudist citizen to call their congressman. The lady that mentioned it suggested the slinky garments might include partial or redacted draws of what lies below, and to amplify the impact by giving the oldest, heaviest guys the smallest cut or daisy dukes. I liked the idea, so long as it does make people resent us. We want them to support us.

I thought that making the reason it was closed more transparent might help. As many of you who used to visit designated Clothing Optional areas set aside on California State Beaches know that that Statue when against Federal charter to ban Clothing Optional use on State Beaches in California. The legal maneuvers were complex, but the reason behind it was simple and a twisted web of deceit. What people don't know is the catalyst for the closure was a sexual discrimination suit between a male ranger having an affair with a subordinate female employee who essentially dumped him. It was claimed that in retaliation, he assigned her to the nude beach patrol exclusively and asked her to report back with vivid detail what she saw. In order to increase damages in her case, it was reported that the nude beach was a deviant hangout for drug addicts, sex addicts and homosexuals, and that it was not uncommon to find used condoms and exposed needles on the beach. Those of us who have been nudist for many years know this was not the case when respectful nudist used the beach. Me and my friends always made a point of leaving the beach better then how we found it, and when we saw public sex we let the people know that it could create issues.

Unfortunately, Righteous Sacramento Politicians who later were fired by Jerry Brown for diverting state funds illegally caught wind of these claims and used them to turn a sexual discrimination case into a movement to close the beaches. Ironically, Top people in Sacramento did resign in disgraces over the misappropriation of funds and leaked that Jerry Brown did know and required they tap these funds (US Park and Rec budgets), and that Lobbyist were evolved advocating that re-use of this land once reverted for private sales to rich land developers. The circumstantial evidence is pretty transparent, but as lawyers, the politicians have make the hard facts difficult to surface with testimony.

Anyway, the case was settle for an undisclosed amount of money said to be in the millions, the righteous and now corrupt politicians who used unsubstantiated claims about nudists as deviant people to close the beaches, and the State has lost both park revenues and spent a great deal of taxpayer money arguing their right to go against Federal law (Cahill Act).

Since the lawyers and the Nudist Member Associations are losing this battle, I think we nudist can do more to bring it into the public eye and gains support from the public to get clean, patrolled clothing optional beach back again.

What do you think?

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