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Dan Blocker County Beach

After parking along Pacific Coast Highway for free, Collins Holliday, left, and Raffi Damadyan, both of Reseda, make their way down a dirt path to play football at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. Although it's used quite a bit by the public, there are no amenities or improvements like permanent restrooms, a parking lot or steps. For decades, Dan Blocker beach, a one-mile stretch of Malibu coastline, has sat with no improvements offered by the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors.

After parking along Pacific Coast Highway for free, Collins Holliday, left, and Raffi Damadyan, both of Reseda, make their way down a dirt path to play football at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. Although it’s used quite a bit by the public, there are no amenities or improvements like permanent restrooms, a parking lot or steps. For decades, Dan Blocker beach, a one-mile stretch of Malibu coastline, has sat with no improvements offered by the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Blocker County Beach has been in Los Angeles County’s hands since 1995 but remains hard to reach via a steep bluff. A Malibu councilman wants the city to take it over, but the county says no. Read more

Dan Blocker County Beach

Collins Holliday of Reseda runs into the surf while playing football with friends at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. The beach is not easily accessible and has barely been improved since it was donated to the county decades ago in memory of Dan Blocker, an actor on the “Bonanza” television show who died in 1972.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Blocker County Beach

A view of Dan Blocker County Beach, a one-mile stretch of Malibu coastline. A Malibu city councilman has proposed that the beach be turned over to the city of Malibu.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Blocker County Beach

Wildflowers grow along a bluff at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. There’s a proposal to hand the beach over to the city of Malibu for it to open and operate as its first and only city beach. But county officials flatly reject that idea.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Dan Blocker County Beach

Mike Elliott of Agoura Hills rides a wave into shore on his kayak on a warm, winter day at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. A $4.8-million proposal to build 15 parking spots, a walkway, benches, drinking fountains and restrooms on two acres of bluff-top is expected to go before the Board of Supervisors by mid-2012, said Carol Baker, a spokeswoman for the county Department of Beaches and Harbors.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Blocker County Beach

Trina Harris of Calabasas plays with her 5-month-old baby daughter, Charina, at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. The beach was donated to the state in 1979 by Lorne Greene and Michael Landon in memory of their fellow “Bonanza” star, who played Hoss Cartwright on the long-running television series. Valued at $3 million at the time, the parcel came with instructions that it be used “for public park and recreation purposes.”   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dan Blocker County Beach

Bekah Firstbrook, 21, left, and friend Chloe Bloedt, 20, right, both of Santa Monica, take a sunset stroll on a warm, winter day at Dan Blocker County Beach in Malibu. Though some said the beach should be easier to find and more accommodating, others savor its untouched character.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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