State Lands Commission

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Julie Graves, a supporter of public access to Martin's Beach, displays a sign during a meeting of the State Lands Commission, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. After negotiating for a year with the property owner, Vinod Khosla, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc., in an attempt to find a solution to allow the public access to the beach, the commission decided to begin exploring whether to use eminent domain to seize the property. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)