Title is misleading. That's not excess. Excess is dropping $20k on a wedding when you have a mortgage and are only making $50k/yr.
What Parker did was tasteless, but not the worst thing people with money do sometimes.
What Parker did was tasteless, but not the worst thing people with money do sometimes.
Building an environmentally damaging shrine in a protected wildlife zone for a one time event qualifies as excess.
The reason Big Sur is the way it is, is that development has been tightly restricted. In this sense, the construction Parker did was directly counter to the spirit of Big Sur. It's more of a "take only pictures, leave only footprints" kind of place. It's one of the most magical places in the American West.
Disregard for the conventions (and laws) is a different matter though. I hope this goes beyond simple fines.