Coastal Commission sent notice to Hotel Laguna for obstructing public beach

Tourist Mackenzie Effing found a sliver of sand just south of Main Beach in Laguna Beach on a recent day, the waves inching up toward her towels and chairs as the tide came in.
Behind her, in front of Hotel Laguna, was a section of beach with a small berm built up, more than a dozen signs reading “Laguna Beach Club” and white lounge chairs set out.
“I always assumed they were for guests that stayed there, but every time we come in the last six years – and we come a couple