A retired man living on a boat near San Francisco is suing a local agency that is trying to evict him from his home to protect a species of sea grass that lines the bay where he lives.
Dozens of people, including Daniel Knight, a 65-year-old retired truck driver, live on boats anchored in Richardson Bay, a shallow arm of San Francisco Bay located in Marin County, California.
The lead defendant in the lawsuit, the San Rafael-based Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA), describes itself as “dedicated to maintaining and improving the navigational waterways, open waters, and shoreline of Richardson Bay.” The RBRA argues that vessels anchored in Richardson Bay harm the eelgrass that grows on the bay floor, and wants the boats removed….