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Those boats were always there, and waterfront property doesn’t mean you own the waterway.

Throwing in “environmental concerns” is no different from woodside spontaneously becoming “concerned” about the well being of mountain lions when they were going to lose their ability to block new construction.

I agree that the pretense of "environmental concerns" is complete bull.

Waterfront house doesn't mean you get to own the ocean as well

Well, no. As a property owner you don't get to own the bay or the ocean as well.

If an asset (i.e. land) is 4 billion years old, then the whole idea of "fair ownership" of it is a dubious legal fiction rooted in violence.