As a hike leader for the Sierra Club, trailhead parking has become the most challenging part of leading hikes. Hot Springs was one of the few trailheads that was okay. Until local property owners decided they had a unilateral entitled right to keep people out of their neighborhood.
They did this by illegally placing boulders, plantings, yellow tape, signs, and other structures in the public right of way that had been used for parking for decades.
It was galling to read the news article by Jean Yamamura about the property owners suing the county for enforcing the public's right to park in the public right of way. It is an utter inversion of reality for the property owners to break the law and claim they are the victims.