The Naked Truth About San Onofre Beach

The truth is you can't be naked there anymore:

Nude sunbathers at San Onofre State Beach may have to cover up now that the state's highest court has refused to hear a case brought by a local nudist group.

"This is a tremendous setback…" officials of The Naturist Action Committee and Friends of San Onofre Beach said in a written statement this afternoon. "But the battle has not ended."

It seems, however, that the struggle may be coming to a close.

The latest twist comes after more than a year of legal wrangling between a group of nudists who want to keep a portion of San Onofre State Beach clothing-optional and park officials who issued a crack down on nudity.

It's unclear what the nudist group's next step will be after the California Supreme Court decided against hearing the group's latest petition.

Allen Baylis, a Huntington Beach attorney who led the fight against the nudity ban said he was disappointed to hear the news.

“The thing about it is that the parks department has the legal authority to either designate clothing-optional areas or prosecute people who want to enjoy clothing-optional recreation … and they feel the public is best served by prosecuting naturist rather than accommodating them,” Baylis said.

Actually, I think the local marine life activists got tired of trying to roll things they thought were beached whales back into the surf.