Surf Revolt

California’s Decommissioned Nuclear Plant Stores Radioactive Waste In Containers Buried Near The Surf Break; The Long-Term Plan Remains Unresolved Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat SAN ONOFRE, CA — The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, decommissioned between 2013 and 2019, stores approximately 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel in stain

The Activity That Puts Beginners In The Ocean With Minimal Training Has A Safety Record; The Record’s Existence Does Not Mean Regulation Is Unnecessary Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat CALIFORNIA — California requires surf instructors at beach concessions to hold specific certifications and maintains basic licensing requirements for surf school o

The Energy Permitting, Environmental Review, And Regulatory Framework That Governs Offshore Oil, Wind, And Other Development Directly Affects The Wave Environment Surfers Depend On Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat CALIFORNIA COAST — Federal energy policy is not typically discussed at the local surf break. It should be. The permitting decisions th

The People Who Know A Break Are The People Who Should Set Rules For It; The Argument For Surf Spot Subsidiarity Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — The principle of subsidiarity — that decisions should be made at the most local level capable of making them effectively — applies to surf spot […]

The Surf Community’s Freedom Values Don’t Map Cleanly Onto Either Major Party; The Result Is A Community That Is Politically Underserved By Both Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat CALIFORNIA — The Southern California surfing community’s political values — individualism, freedom, environmental consciousness, anti-authoritarianism, suspicion of corpo

Every Surfer Contributes To The Tax Base That Funds The Coastal Commission, The Corps Of Engineers Jetty Projects, And The Beach Nourishment Programmes That Shape Their Breaks Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — The surfer who resents government interference in their ocean lifestyle is, in a precise economic sense, a beneficiar

Four Of Twenty-Two World Cup Directional Signs Point The Wrong Way In Los Angeles, Which Is Also The Performance Ratio For State Coastal Permitting For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism has been documenting British government implementation failures for centuries and recognises the species. CALIFORNIA – The Los Angel

California’s Refusal To Develop Its Own Energy Resources Has Left Its Surfers, Farmers, And Working Families Exposed To Every Middle Eastern Price Shock For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat, whose Tehran loyalty scheme piece this week captured the geopolitical absurdity. The California pump price consequence is less absurd and more expensive. L

The Surf Forecast App That Knows Your Location, Your Session History, And Your Credit Card Data Is Sending More To More Places Than You Have Been Told For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat, both of which covered Meta’s employee surveillance this week. London satirical journalism follows surveillance logic from the workplace to the beach. [&helli

Bad Waves Are An Act Of Nature, Bad Regulation Is An Act Of Politics, And The Surfer Community Has Historically Been Better At Accepting The Former Than Resisting The Latter For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism at its most direct: the distinction between what cannot be changed and what can. CALIFORNIA […]

California Has Invested Intelligently In Reconnecting Fragmented Wildlife Habitat And Unintelligently In Maintaining Coherent Human Access To The Coast It Is Protecting For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism makes the comparative observation that reveals what the state values and what it only claims to value. CALIFORN

What The Legislature Approved As A Temporary Fiscal Adjustment Has Hardened Into A Permanent Pricing Model That Excludes Working Californians From Their Own Coastline For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism has covered the incremental privatisation of public space in the UK and recognises the mechanism operating here i

The Planning Process For California’s Best Wave Has Now Consumed More Paper Than The Break Has Produced In Any Given Swell Window, With Less Resolution For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism has covered Kafkaesque British planning processes for decades. The California surf version is compressed in time and expanded in

California Spends Generously On Infrastructure For Mountain Lions While Surfer Access To Public Breaks Remains Trapped In Committee, And The Inconsistency Is Worth Naming For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism makes the comparative observation that reveals the political priority behind the institutional framing. CALIF

What Began As Environmental Regulation Has Become Administrative Assertion Over Every Activity Adjacent To The Ocean, Including Several That Produce No Environmental Impact Whatsoever For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism has covered British coastal planning bureaucracy since the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 an

Three Operators With National Corporate Backing Now Control Seventy-Eight Per Cent Of The Permitted Market After A Regime Their Trade Association Helped Design For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. London satirical journalism has documented regulatory capture in UK licensing regimes from taxis to the pub trade. The mechanism is identical across

Registered-Voter Turnout In Specific Coastal Precincts Has Risen Measurably In The Last Three Election Cycles, And The Pattern Tracks The Specific Regulatory Issues Documented In This Publication For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SAN DIEGO / ORANGE COUNTY – The California surfing community, which has historically been a libertarian politica

The Underlying Traffic And Environmental Justifications Are Thin, The Beneficiaries Of The Proposal Are Narrow, And The Libertarian Case For Open Access Is Strong For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA – A proposal currently under review by the California State Parks administration would close the San Onofre State Beach

The Underlying Chemical Risk Is Real But Has Been Addressed Through Voluntary Industry Standards, And The Proposed Regulation Would Impose Substantial Costs With Minimal Marginal Safety Benefit For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SACRAMENTO – A proposed expansion of California’s Proposition 65 chemical disclosure regime, announced in administ

The Unresolved Tension Between Prior-Appropriation And Reasonable-Use Doctrines Has Produced Perverse Incentives That Show Up, Eventually, At The Coast For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SACRAMENTO – California water rights policy, which has for over a century operated under an unresolved tension between the prior-appropriation doctrine and

The Underlying Injury Data Does Not Support The Mandate, The Consumer Burden Would Be Substantial, And The Libertarian Objection Is Exactly The Objection That Has Historically Been Vindicated For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SACRAMENTO – A bill currently in committee at the California State Assembly would, if passed, require all surfers at

A Regulation Written For Commercial Film Crews Now Technically Applies To Any Surfer With A GoPro, And The Libertarian Objection Is Not Theoretical For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. VENTURA, CALIFORNIA – The California Film Commission’s 2024 expansion of its film production permit regime, which extended the permit requirement from commercia

The Economic Argument For The Tariffs Is Weak Even By Protectionist Standards, But The Industry Lobby Continues To Push It At Both The Federal And State Levels For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. WASHINGTON, DC / SACRAMENTO – A coalition of US-based surfboard shapers and a regional manufacturing trade association has been, since late [&hellip

The Commission Now Asserts Permitting Authority Over Activities That, Ten Years Ago, Would Have Been Considered Outside Any Reasonable Regulatory Ambit For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – The California Coastal Commission’s quiet expansion of administrative jurisdiction over beach access, construction, and coastal-adja

Regulation That Was Justified As Protecting Consumers Has, In Practice, Reduced Consumer Choice And Concentrated The Market In The Hands Of Three Operators For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – The surf instruction permit regime introduced in unincorporated San Diego County in late 2024, which requires individual surf in

Fees At Specific Popular Beaches Now Exceed What Most Working Californians Can Absorb On A Regular Basis, And The Pattern Of Who Uses The Beaches Has Shifted Accordingly For Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – The California State Parks day-use fee structure has, over approximately fifteen years of annual increases, re

Administrative State Grows Larger Than Elected Government; Regulatory Agencies Operate With Insufficient Democratic Accountability Bohiney | The London Prat Administrative Regulatory State Expands Beyond Democratic Oversight GLOBAL — Government regulatory agencies operate with power comparable to elected branches while maintaining minimal democrati

Licensing Requirements Exceed Skill Necessities; Restrictions Protect Established Practitioners from Competition While Harming Consumers Bohiney | The London Prat Occupational Licensing Systems Restrict Economic Opportunity GLOBAL — Occupational licensing requirements have expanded to cover professions with minimal public safety implications, effec