Khosla purchased the property adjacent to the beach for $53 million in 2008 and blocked access. The only way to the beach is on a single road through the surrounding private property. Since 2008, there has been an ongoing legal battle to reopen the beach to the public under the legal theory of implied dedication. Khosla's blocking access to the beach is said to be violating the California Coastal Act yet Khosla is said to be supported by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution which states "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." In 2016 Khosla offered to sell a small slice of the property for a public beach path for $30 million, about as much as Khosla spent on the entire property ($32 million) in 2008."A billionaire is willing to bring back public access to Martins Beach—for a price", Los Angeles Times, 24 April 2016
