Sea Cliff or Seacliff is an

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Ventura County, California Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxn ...

, United States. The shoreline group of homes is along

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and

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(the Pacific Coast Highway), about northwest of Ventura. Known as Seacliff Beach Colony, the

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contains 49 homes. In 1991, the community was evacuated for a week after a train derailment on the rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco spilled

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in the area. The homeowners reached an agreement in 2005 to purchase the property from the land company, Seacliff Land LLC. They were all previously leasing the land from Seacliff, which owned the property on which their homes were built.

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Populated coastal places in California Unincorporated communities in Ventura County, California Beaches of Ventura County, California Unincorporated communities in California {{VenturaCountyCA-geo-stub