MENDOCINO CO., 7/18/26 — For two weeks a national audience has been told that Gavin Newsom gave away a stretch of the Mendocino coast south of Westport. Fox News framed it as a “Newsom-backed” state commission handing over “popular coastline” to Native Americans. Legal Insurrection called it a deal that transfers an “iconic California beach.” The comment sections did the rest. The paperwork that transferred a Caltrans-owned beach to a native-led…
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