In the beginning ...

Shelter Cove’s developers announced its birth in 1964.  They had spent a couple of years on permits/plans/maps and all the other requirements of Humboldt County and the State of California, and still had some work ahead.

Trouble on the horizon ...

Shelter Cove was just 10 years old when California passed Proposition 20, in 1976, creating the California Coastal Commission and the Coastal Conservancy.  What followed was a ‘HALT’ of all construction, and a threat to the continued existence of Shelter Cove as a private property community.

After many difficult years of working with the Regional Coastal Commission and Coastal Conservancy, the property owners of Shelter Cove were very concerned that their dream could be taken away.  In 1981, they formed a committee and in their meeting voted to form a legal organization.  They discussed names, and Mario Machi simply said, “Call it the Shelter Cove Property Owners Association.”  His suggestion was approved by unanimous vote.

More difficult years followed, and in December 1985 the SCPOA was victorious when the Regional agencies purchased land ¾ to be owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, for public use ¾ and Shelter Cove could once again continue its development.

See the "History" page  for more details ...

Website updated March 20, 2008