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Story summary
- California Department of Transportation is transferring 136 acres of Blues Beach in Mendocino County to tribal nonprofit Kai Poma, the first state-owned beach handed to a tribe.
- The transfer follows a 2021 law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom that lets Caltrans convey land to tribes while banning development and preserving public access.
- Tribal leaders called the handover a long-overdue reclamation of sacred land that will protect cultural and natural resources.
