California has millions of acres of public land. So why is some of it inaccessible? It turns out, an odd sprawl of property ownership in the state has created “landlocked” public lands, which often require people to ask for permission — or to just trespass — to access it. San Francisco Chronicle reporter Emma Stiefel mapped out this inaccessible land, and explains what it would take to open it up to the public.
A Valley native, Elizabeth earned her bachelor's degree in English Language Literatures from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her master's degree in journalism from New York University. She has covered a range of beats. Her agriculture reporting for the Turlock Journal earned her a first place award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
Jonathan Linden is a podcast producer at KVPR. Born and raised in Riverside, he's a Southern California native. Jonathan's passion for public radio began at a young age when his brother would play NPR while driving him home from middle school. He earned his B.A. in journalism from Biola University in 2019.
