Shelter Cove, Pacifica

Shelter Cove is a seventeen acre beach neighborhood at the southerly edge of Pacifica, California consisting of seventeen quaint rental cottages owned by Arno Rohloff since July 1997. Historically it was a recreational beach and popular San Francisco tourist destination–Shelter Cove was a picnic day stop along the Ocean Shore Railroad during its heyday, and later through the Prohibition Era up until the 1940s. [Lafayette, Lenore. "Shelter Cove The Early Years". Los Altos, Calif: Cherry Orchard Books, 1997. ISBN 0966177991] A restaurant and bar, the "Clipper Ship", operated at Shelter Cove for many years during this period. Ever since the access road washed out during a 1983 storm, this neighborhood and beach is accessible only by footpath or boat.cite web
url=http://www.pacificariptide.com/pacifica_riptide/files/shelter_cove_lawsuit.pdf
title=City of Pacifica Shelter Cove access lawsuit
accessdate=2008-03-27] Public access to the Shelter Cove beach from this road and footpath was closed in 1975. [Hunter, Chris, and Bill Drake. "Images of America Pacifica". Chicago, IL: Arcadia Pub, 2002]

The Shelter Cove beach has recently been a center of attention as result of a public beach access prescriptive easement complaint lodged with the California Coastal Commission. [cite web| url=http://origin.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_7560636?source=email|title=Beach may be reclaimed for public use| publisher= InsideBayArea.com| date=November 26, 2007| author=Julia Scott] On March 19, 2008 the City of Pacifica filed a court action to force the maintenance of the footpath and hillside from risk of landslide.

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* [http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?
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* [http://www.pacificariptide.com/pacifica_riptide/shelter_cove/index.html Pacifica Riptide, Shelter Cove.]
* [http://www.coastal.ca.gov/access/shelter_cove.pdf California Coastal Commission prescriptive easement application]