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i think that might be a west coast thing because it's a California thing too. Would Washington State chime in please?
History on the Oregon law here, passed in 3 B.W. (before whale).
https://www.opb.org/news/article/history-oregon-tom-mccall-public-beaches/
While California has public beaches, they have private beaches as well. In Oregon the entire coastline is public.
https://www.californiabeaches.com/california-state-beaches/
Looks like WA is the same, public/private mix.
https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/coastalatlas/
those "private beaches" in california are public beaches that landowners with land near the beach keep trying to steal