{"id":167690,"date":"2026-02-07T03:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167690\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:36:07","slug":"owners-of-california-nudist-resort-cut-off-power-to-residents-after-they-order-them-to-wear-clothes-naked-and-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167690\/","title":{"rendered":"Owners of California nudist resort cut off power to residents after they order them to wear clothes: ‘Naked and afraid’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some residents of a California<\/a> nudist resort are experiencing birthday suit blues after the owners of the property allegedly cut their power for refusing demands to clothe themselves.<\/p>\n

The drastic step is the latest development in a feud between the owners and residents of the historical refuge for the unclothed, Olive Dell Ranch near Riverside, California.<\/p>\n

Despite its nudist roots since 1952, owners of the ranch enacted a \u201ctextile\u201d policy months ago, forcing residents to clothe themselves in public areas. The residents then sued the owners<\/a>, alleging they violated their civil rights by restricting their freedom to bare arms, legs and everything in between.<\/p>\n

Residents say their power was cut after they refused the property owner\u2019s demand to put clothes on. Instagram\/@weareroamingroyals<\/p>\n

KTLA 5<\/p>\n

Cutting off the residents\u2019 electricity has had immediate consequences. Their attorney, Frances Campbell, told The California Post that the owners \u201care actually threatening the lives of my clients\u201d by turning the electricity off.<\/p>\n

Many of the residents are seniors or are disabled<\/a>, leaving them more vulnerable if the utilities are shut off.<\/p>\n

Some residents can\u2019t get hot water, and others can\u2019t properly operate needed medical equipment, they told ABC 7.<\/a> One resident, Jim Cramer, said he\u2019s never missed a payment but is supposed to have a pacemaker monitored by a hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a super fun time hosting the Bare Burro Preview Weekend at the Olive Dell Ranch. We got to hang out with a bunch of old friends including The Old Goat himself Steve Harvey.\u201d (Instagram) Instagram\/@sweeneydoes<\/p>\n

Penny, 69, moved to the nudist resort back in 2011. Rafael Fotoura for California Post<\/p>\n

Penny Ogg, who lives there with her partner Nancy, told The Post that she hasn\u2019t been sleeping well at all since her electricity was turned off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t been sleeping very good at all or very much,\u201d she said. \u201cI need a nebulizer to breathe because I have asthma and allergies, and I can\u2019t use that because [that\u2019s electricity].\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucky for the residents, they said the health department recently made a visit to the property and deemed it a danger \u2014 allegedly telling the owners they needed to get the power turned back on soon.<\/p>\n

Chevy Nelson, 36, said she moved to the colony because her sister lived there and she fell in love with the community. Rafael Fotoura for California Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the next 30 days, we should have power,\u201d Chevy Nelson, a resident of the park and nudist, told The Post. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat she (the owner) didn\u2019t realize is that as a the type of community that we are in the culture we are. We\u2019re incredibly united. We look out for our neighbors,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n

Nudist resort residents say they\u2019re being forced out. 50 current and former residents of a SoCal nudist resort are suing the new owners for trying to make them put on their clothes. They also claim they\u2019re trying to force them out. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5TJBjV8xPag<\/a> (KTLA)<\/p>\n

Nudist resort residents say they\u2019re being forced out 50 current and former residents of a SoCal nudist resort are suing the new owners for trying to make them put on their clothes. They also claim they\u2019re trying to force them out. KTLA 5<\/p>\n

Tensions have risen so much over the electricity problem that ABC 7 cameras captured a physical scuffle between a park employee who was taking a picture of a missing meter and a resident. Police came to scene and arrested both men for mutual combat before citing and releasing them.<\/p>\n

The owners, who bought the property in 2019, are accused of letting it go to ruin and forcing residents to maintain it. The pool had been left to turn green, the sauna and restaurant were closed, community events were canceled and the water system was neglected, leaving people without drinking water at points.<\/p>\n

Roads, showers and tennis courts also deteriorated.<\/p>\n

Residents even began feeling unsafe when the front gate stopped locking, and they began worrying about peeping toms checking out the nudists. <\/p>\n

Residents are hopeful the power will come back on soon after a visit from the health department. Rafael Fotoura for California Post<\/p>\n

The nudists\u2019 attorney said it\u2019s clear the owners want them out, and expressed that the resort is well out of the public eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to drive up a long dirt road to get there, and it\u2019s gated,\u201d Campbell told ABC 7. \u201cIt\u2019s not something (a member of the public) is going to just happen upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor an owner to take over and say you can\u2019t be nudists anymore means they just want them gone,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The attorney considers the nudists\u2019 affinity for bare skin to be a characteristic that they can be discriminated against for.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason it\u2019s against the law, is the civil rights act prohibits any business from discriminating against anyone based on their characteristics,\u201d she told ABC 7.<\/p>\n

The nudists are seeking millions in damages from the owners of the Olive Dell Ranch for breach of contract, negligence, elder abuse, civil rights violations, and other things. Campbell said an associate from her firm was in court Friday fighting for the nudists, and the judge chided the defendants on engaging in \u201cself-help\u201d evictions.<\/p>\n

Ogg said the nudist paradise used to be idyllic.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople would be laying around enjoying the sun, and the restaurant,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you\u2019re in the jacuzzi, bubbling, and you ordered a meal, they would bring it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was all very, very nice. It was all family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some residents of a California nudist resort are experiencing birthday suit blues after the owners of the property…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,1011,72424,3586],"class_list":["post-167690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-housing","tag-resorts","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}