Strands Beach is a beautiful beach and a woeful place to enjoy a stroll, play on the beach, and watch the sunset.
The Strands Beach at Headlands, or The Strand, is a luxury housing development built on land that was originally part of the Chandler Family holdings. For decades the land facing the beach was home to the Dana Strand Beach and Tennis Club, a mobile home community that closed in the late 1980s. For years, access to the Strands beach was limited to hiking down a dirt trail where the mobile homes had stood.
This community now has just over 100 home sites. As part of negotiations with the California Coastal Commission, the developer agreed to turn the bluff into a nature preserve and build over $11 million worth of public improvements to provide easier access to Strands Beach. The improvements include 174 stairs down to the beach, restrooms, a beach-front sidewalk and a funicular to transport visitors from the parking lot to the beach.
After extensive infrastructure construction, lots were offered for sale in the fall of 2006. Houses in the development are commonly priced above $10,000,000. The development has provided much easier access to the beach below and has allowed surfers and other beach visitors to access the beach quickly and easily through The Strand community. Strands Beach Homeowners, through a Mello-Roos assessment, pay for the upkeep of the beach improvements.
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