Ex-con strip club worker says he's rightful owner of 'secret' California beach with stunning views for astonishing reason

A erstwhile portion nine worker who has been surviving astatine a 'secret' California formation for years has fixed a bizarre logic arsenic to why he is nan rightful owner.

Ex-con Robert Simpson has based his RV astatine Oakland's Toll Plaza Beach ever since he stumbled connected nan distant spot much than 3 years ago. He says nan magnitude of clip he's lived location intends that he now technically owns nan portion of sand. 

Simpson says he turned his backmost connected a life of supplier dealing and situation stays aft being 'chosen by God' to return attraction of nan stretch.

Colloquially known arsenic 'Trash Beach', Simpson claims he conducts a regular formation clean, plucking garbage from nan water.

He has go a imperishable fixture astatine nan tract adjacent to Interstate 80, moreover aft a devastating occurrence razed his original RV to nan crushed and near him severely burned.

However his measurement of life is nether threat again, aft metropolis officials gave him and a twelve others surviving astatine nan formation 2 weeks' announcement to vacate.

'Who's going to locomotion nan formation each time and cleanable up nan debris?' Simpson told SF Standard. 'All I cognize is, it ain't up to maine anymore.' 

Each day, Simpson wakes up to nan benignant of sweeping views of nan Golden Gate Bridge which usually only premier existent property costing millions of dollars could secure.

The 400 ft formation besides boasts a vista retired of Mount Tamalpais, Angel Island and nan Tiburon Peninsula connected nan skyline. 

When he isn't relaxing successful his backyard tiki barroom aliases playing volleyball connected his homemade court, Simpson says he helps surgery down motorists aliases hands retired refreshments to kite surfers.

Living astatine nan formation has fixed him a consciousness of purpose, Simpson said. 

However, the San Francisco Boardsailing Association disagrees and claims that Simpson's habitation is spoiling one of nan champion concealed spots' for kiteboarding successful nan Bay Area. 

'The tract has been nether immoderate duress nan past fewer years,' a connection from nan group reads.

'What started during nan pandemic arsenic 1 camper parked by nan formation has mushroomed into a full-blown encampment, an unsafe business for sailors, and and an biology problem for nan San Francisco Bay. 

'The ample encampment has created an epicenter for car break-ins while accrued trash and nonstop sewage runoff person been flowing straight into nan waters there.'

Oakland's Public Works Department appears to work together and connected June 26 an eviction bid was issued to Simpson and nan twelve different individuals surviving astatine nan beach.

It is unclear if they scheme to connection nan residents sheltered lodging elsewhere. 

But Simpson is fresh for a conflict and says he plans to prosecute a lawyer to reason nan notice.

'I'll suffer this each again, bro, it's thing to me. I'll get it each back,' he said. 'My bounce-back crippled is truthful strong.'