Put your clothes back on! Beloved San Gregorio nude beach to become part of public state park

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Set us as preferred For decades, beachgoers at San Gregorio Ranch — a privately owned stretch of coastline in San Mateo County — could sunbathe naked on one of California’s most scenic beaches.But that era will come to an end in two weeks when the beloved ranch dubbed “Bare Bottom Beach” is taken over by the state and becomes part of the San Gregorio State Beach.The announcement, made by state park officials Monday — a day before National Nude Day — drew mixed reactions from conservationists and naturists, the preferred term for people who enjoy being nude in public settings.State Parks Director Armando Quintero and conservation advocates said the expansion is a boost for public access and the long-term protection of the state’s coastline.“We’re expanding opportunity, protecting the places that define our state and building a healthier, more connected and more resilient California for generations to come,” Quintero said in a written statement.But naturists and nudists view the change as the loss of a beloved beach that for generations has remained untouched and helped define California’s role in the nation’s modern nudism movement, according to the American Assn.for Nude Recreation.

“I’m not happy about it,” said Bob Morton, who has visited the beach.“And the reason is that the state park system has decided that all their parks are going to be clothed because God intended you to wear swimming trunks at the beach?”“It seems counterintuitive,” he added.

“You go there to be one with nature.” California State transportation officials recently approved the transfer of Blues Beach and the surrounding bluffs to Kai Poma, a nonprofit founded by representatives of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Round Valley Indian Tribes and Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.The changes began in ...