Battling “sneakaboard” tenants in Southern California

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2. As some one who has liveaboard, both as a sneakaboard and now as some one who holds a liveaboard permit for my vessel, I can tell you that the main issue is not the sneakaboards who try want to pay for the services that they are using, but the derelict people that buy floating piles of garbage from harbor masters and then further trash the boats, docks and surrounding areas. This article does a poor job at explaining the situation. Harbor masters will keep boats that have been totaled in their marinas and sell them to derelicts to bring up their bottom line. Imagine if a car lot kept a bunch of rotting totaled cars that can’t move instead of paying to have them cleared out of the lot, and instead sold them to street bums; it seems pretty obvious that would increase the crime in the lot and you’d have a bunch of bums sprawled out on top of the vehicles. There is extremely little oversight into how harbor masters run marinas. And basically no say from the public or the boat owners into how things should be run.

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3. What a bunch of crap who came up with this? It does not surprise me though only in California do you constantly have people interfering and criminalizing otherwise law abiding citizens. To refer to someone as a sneakaboard who has paid and exorbitant amount for their vessel, plus insurance, and ridiculous slip fees, along with state and county property taxes is the most insulting and completely ridiculous accusation or attempt I have ever heard and to compare them to squatters is absolutely insane. I have lived on my vessel for over 20 years in Southern California, a 750,000.00 vessel, and pay over 2000.00 a year in property taxes and for what? The slip fees are completely out of line with the rest of the U.S and the facilities for the most part are sub-par. The City Does absolutley nothing to promote or encourage boating in comparison to many, many, other states and communities. Perhaps the marinas, local and state governments should take a look at them selves and their services or lack of before making stupid claims and titles to people who have worked hard and deserve a fair opportunity to live the way they choose.

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   1. You are a well informed smart person who see’s through these mental people.. I agree with you.. Live and let live.. Whats the problem?

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4. This article needs major work.

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