From the Help page, user kurtrad writes:
> "A friend of mine says the Monterey/Santa Cruz county line in openstreets 3
> miles out to sea that travels from the mouth of the pajaro river to the north
> south california boundary line is wrong. In openstreetsmap the line travels
> west, south, west. My friend says the line should travel directly west."
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=11/36.8266/-121.9009
"I have a friend who says the openstreets map county line between
Monterey and Santa Cruz is wrong according to a 1927 California
Supreme Court Ruling."
> "Comments: Official boundaries of Monterey-Santa Cruz, as determined by the
> California Supreme Court in Ocean Industries v. Superior Court of California,
> in and for Santa Cruz County (1927) 200 Cal. 235. The decision held that
> Monterey Bay as a "closed bay" under law, and there is treated as if it were
> land for purposes of State and County jurisdiction -- which, in the case,
> held that Santa Cruz County could enforce fishing regulations in SCZ waters
> in Monterey Bay more than 3 miles offshore."
"I have a longish discussion at
http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/MtyBay-boundaries.html;
> "Government Code section 23127 defines Monterey County as "beginning in the
> Pacific Ocean, at the southwest corner of Santa Cruz [County]; thence east to
> the mouth of the Pajaro River". Likewise, section 23144 defines Santa Cruz
> County, in pertinent part, as "westerly along said [Pajaro] River" along the
> northern line of San Benito and Monterey "to the Bay of Monterey, and three
> miles westerly into the ocean."
> "The ... map shows a line across Monterey Bay in this tiny sliver of the Bay
> that runs not > "west-east" but about WSW-ENE and connects up with the
> "nearest point of land" line at the 3 mile limit west of Monterey Bay."
> "To see images go to
> http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/MtyBay-boundaries.html;
Does anyone want to look into this?
- Joseph
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