>> ARE PEOPLE IN UPSCALE SoCal NEIGHBORHOOD KEEPING PUBLIC BEACHES TO THEMSELVES. SUZIE: LAURIE PEREZ REPORTS FROM MALIBU WHERE THERE IS A BATTLE OVER ACCESS TO MUTUAL SOME OF THE CITY'S BEACHES. >> THIS ONE OF THE SPOT WHERE THERE WAS A STREET SIGN SHOWING PEOPLE WHERE THEY COULD GET PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BEACH, SIGN IS NO LONGER HERE, CITY OF MALIBU TOOK IT DOWN, AND PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PUT TURN SAID THEY THINK THAT CITY IT T TRYING TOO KEEP PUBLIC BEACHES A SECRET. >> SHE GAVE ME THIS ADDRESS. >> WITH SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM A FRIEND. >> WE SAW A GATE. PROBABLY NOT LIKE -- FEELS LIKE TRESPASSING. REPORTER: CHRIS HAD TROUBLE FINES HIS WAY DOWN TO THE BEACH HERE. >> BEFORE, A FAMILY LEFT, I SAID HOW TO WE GET TO THE BEACH. I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. REPORTER: SIGNS LIKE THIS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR PUBLIC TO GET TO THE PUBLIC BEACHES, BUT THE CITY OF MALIBU SAID IT REMOVED 3 ACCESS SIGNS ON P BROAD BEACH ROAD IN A STATEMENT SAYING THE SIGNS WERE NOT AUTHORIZED. >> POSTING THIS VIDEO TO INSTAGRAM SLAMMING CITY SAYING THAT BEACHES IN AREA A EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD NOT BE KEPT SECRET. >> IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FIND PUBLIC ACCESS, THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE PUBLIC COASTAL ACCESS SIGNS, INSTALLED AT 3 PUBLIC ACCESS WAYS ALLOWING THIS ROAD. >> AUTHORITY LEADER BROUGHT VIDEO AND ISSUE TO CITY COUNCIL, THEY SAID ANY PERMITTING AND O SAFETY ISSUES ARE SMOKE AND SEEMS THAT CITY DOES NOT WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF MALIBU COAST. >> WITH SUMMER HEAT RAMPING UP WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT CITY CHOSE TO CUT THE SIGNING DOWN AND COMPENSATE THEM, HE RETRIEVED THEM FROM THE CITY AND LET YOU KNOW CALIFORNIA KNOW THIS BEACH IS HERE AND IT IS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. >> IN STATEMENT CITY INSISTED THAT CITY CONTINUALLY SUPPORTED PUBLIC ACCESS BEACHES IN MALIBU, THAT IS PROTECTED UNDERSTATE LAW FOR COAST OF CALIFORNIA. PROBLEM IS, PUBLIC ACCESS IF TOO DIFFICULT TO FIND DOES NOT SEEM PUBLIC TO BEACHGOERS WE SPOKE WITH. >> I UNDERSTAND THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY IN A SENSE THERE ARE HOUSES HERE ON THE ROAD, BUT, IT A VERY PUBLIC BEACH. >> IT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. >> IT IS REALLY PRETTY. >> AUTHORITY LEADER TOLD ME THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WILL DO TO GET THE SIGNS BACK UP, THEY QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY HAS TOHE STJURISDICTION OR
