Billionaire Brewers owner ordered to spend $2 million returning sand he ‘stole’ from California beach to protect his Malibu mansion (www.yahoo.com)

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Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is being forced to dedicate a $2 million beachfront property for public use after his company allegedly used heavy machinery to rip sand and rocks from a protected California beach to shore up his Malibu mansion.

The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a settlement requiring Attanasio's company, 2XMD Partners LLC, to restore the damaged shoreline and dedicate the multimillion-dollar property for public use in eastern Malibu.

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

You cannot fight the ocean. The ocean will always win. Erosion will always win. No matter how many billions of dollars you have.

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 2 points 1 hour ago

The Netherlands would like to have a word

[-] Sparhawk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

They're fighting swamps and large lakes more than a sea. And when windmills breakdown they will eventually lose again. They may not be around more more by than thou.

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