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L.A. developer ordered to let hikers use trail on his land

By tovarichpeter   Follow   Fri, 19 Oct 2012, 6:54pm   277 views   2 comments
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hastain-trail-20121019,0,3131921.story

A Los Angeles real estate developer must allow hikers to use the popular Hastain Trail across his private property in Franklin Canyon, a judge has tentatively ruled. Mohamed Hadid, who has designed and built more than a dozen Ritz-Carlton hotels and many Beverly Hills mega-mansions, has been ordered to stop "interfering with the public recreational use" of the trail, which runs across nearly half of the 97 acres he owns next to Franklin Canyon Park between the San Fernando Valley and Beverly Hills. Tuesday's tentative decision by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos directed Hadid and his...

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1. lostand confused Follow Befriend (9) 166 threads 1,551 comments Premium

   1   10:13pm Fri 19 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   So much for private porperty rights. They should allow the judge's house to be used as a frat party house for college kids. Free country indeed.

2. gbenson Follow Befriend 16 threads 391 comments

   2   10:57pm Fri 19 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   where have you guys been? Laws like this have existed in most states for a very long time. If your neighbor builds a structure on your property and you let him do it. After X years, he will effectively legally own the land under it. This is no different. That being said, I think its the real estate developer's should be able to build his houses, but the judge is doing what he's supposed to, following the law, and the law was pretty clear in this case.