On November 3rd Texans will have an opportunity to vote on Proposition 9, a proposed constitutional amendment to establish the public's unrestricted right to access beaches along the Gulf of Mexico.

In today’s podcast we visit with former Senator Babe Schwartz who, in 1959, worked with Senator Bob Eckhardt pass the Open Beaches Act. Senator Schwartz spent over 20 years in the legislature, and is currently an attorney, consultant and professor of Coastal Law at the University of Texas. He has won numerous awards for his advocacy to protect Texas’ Coast.