Thornton State Beach is a protected 58-acre park along the Pacific coast in Daly City, Calif. San Mateo County Supervisor David J. Canepa sent a letter on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, requiring a property owner adjacent to the beach to remove a recently erected 8-foot-tall chain-link fence that blocks access to trails and bluffs. (Google Maps via Bay City News)

A San Mateo County supervisor wants to force a private landowner to remove an 8-foot chain link fence that he says blocks the only public access path to Thornton State Beach in Daly City.

Supervisor David Canepa has asked the California Coastal Commission to require the property owner to get rid of the fence, which has sported a hand-drawn sign with an image of a gun warning that trespassers would be shot.

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