Closing of California open spaces causes more problems than it solves

When Los Angeles County closed all its beaches, bike paths, and open spaces people simply went to Orange County and neighboring counties increasing the usage of their spaces. So when Gavin Newsom saw the crowds at Orange County beaches last week he ordered them closed as well. Does he really think that will help? Many other cities around the world, such as Oakland and Milan, are converting roads into pedestrian and cycling only areas. The Los Angeles area seems to moving in exactly the opposite direction.

Amber and I took our weekly bike ride today. The largest group we saw was six people and most people were being very responsible. When we got to the beach we were appalled to see that Huntington Beach has closed the beach path. Now, if you want to keep people off the beach, all you have to do is close the beach parking lots. That's what they did two weeks ago and it worked pretty well. I don't support those protesting the lock-down, but I think some of the measures are too heavy handed.

Stupid Stupid Stupid

By closing the beach path, thousands of cyclists (and pedestrians) are forced to use PCH - a busy road. This is not the safer option. There were perhaps a hundred CHP and Sheriff deployed to stop people using the beach path. What a waste of resources.

Not content with forcing all of us to ride on PCH, Huntington Beach placed all their informational signs in the bike lane. THANKS!

Thank you for forcing us to ride on PCH and then repeatedly blocking our bike lane

Unfortunately this wasn't the most stupid thing we had to deal with. When we were almost back we had a runner pull a u-turn in front of us, so she knew we were coming, and then run down the middle of the trail, drifting to the left as we tried to pass her, and completely unable to hear me shout because she was blasting music on her air-pods. What a moron.

Deaf, blind, and stupid

The bulges in Amber's panniers are a brioche and pastries from The Crema 😋😋😋