Why enjoy Fort Ord Dunes in the nude?
Since reverting to civilian use, the beaches of Fort Ord have developed a clothing-optional tradition. Now coming under control of the California State Park System, they are subject to the 1979 “Cahill Policy,” named after former director Russell Cahill. Although the law says that “No person shall appear nude while in any unit [of the California State Park system] except in authorized areas set aside for that purpose by the Department,” the Cahill Policy says that, in a traditionally nude area, no one will be cited for nudity unless a complaint has been registered that day and the person is asked to dress and refuses. This policy was re-affirmed in a 1988 appellate court ruling which held that a tradition of nude use without interference by the Department constitutes de facto authorization. To the best of our knowledge, no one has ever filed a complaint about nudity at Indian Head Beach, in the Fort Ord Dunes, south of the southern boundary of the pre-existing Marina State Beach. So by
