What if they did it by license #? Restrict non-resident parking in all beach parking lots and within 10 blocks of any public beach. Plates ending with even numbers get to use beaches on even-numbered days of the month, odd numbers on odd days. Or change it to the last digit of the plate has to match the last digit of the day of the month if they’re still crowded.
Yeah, the protestors are idiots — but they’re not going away any time soon if the state keeps creating restrictions that aren’t based on good science. California beaches on a bad day are still probably less packed than your average line of Karens outside of a Home Depot garden section.