"...a resident whose property abuts the trail and opposes the public access said she and another family filed complaints with Monterey police Sunday after marchers began clapping loudly as they walked by. ...Several marchers flatly denied that they initiated the clapping, and described the event as peaceful and nonconfrontational. One marcher said she heard people on a balcony in a nearby home begin to clap as marchers passed by, prompting waves and applause in return."
If you participated in the hike, and would like an opportunity to set the record straight regarding this baseless complaint, please submit a brief written, signed statement and bring it or mail it to Monterey Police Department (Attention Officer Garcia) 351 Madison Street Monterey, CA 93940. The case number to reference is 08-2562.

"A community hike on a trail through private land in Monterey can go ahead Sunday, but the hikers better behave. That was the decision of Superior Court Judge Kay Kingsley on Thursday as she declined to issue a restraining order against the announced hike or an order to the city of Monterey requiring it to enforce closure of the trail...  She added that any misbehavior or deviation from the trail by hikers could be presented as evidence for closure of the path in the future."

BREAKING NEWS!

"For fifty-seven years, I have had the pleasure of living across the street from the greenbelt known as Parcel B, Huckleberry Ridge No. 1.  We residents of this east side of Herrmann have indeed been fortunate to have this wonderful natural hillside at our front doors all these years.  We use it, love it and appreciate it.  We have always understood it to be permanently protected open space."  

As seen in the Monterey Herald - May 4, 2008:

Read the article!

"It’s a real hot issue on the hillside.
A court battle over public access and maintenance is on the verge of erupting because of the recent appearance of 'No Trespassing' signs on some Monterey trails that have been considered open space for decades."


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