Photos: Stinson Beach water restrictions

Vacation renters and day-trippers can swell Stinson Beach's population on a summer weekend to as high as 15,000.

Vacation renters and day-trippers can swell Stinson Beach’s population on a summer weekend to as high as 15,000.  (Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times)

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Restrictions on the use of water in Stinson Beach, Calif., have triggered a conversation that has more to do with the changing character of the Marin County town, where homes can sell for as much as $7 million, mainly to out-of-town buyers.

Stinson Beach water restrictions

Barbara Boucke, president of the Stinson Beach County Water District, lives on lagoon side of Stinson Beach.  (Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times)

Stinson Beach water restrictions

Real estate broker Sarah Butler loads vacation renters’ laundry into her van. Because of water restrictions in Stinson Beach, Butler makes a weekly laundry run to Mill Valley, another Marin County town.  (Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times)

Stinson Beach water restrictions

Vacation renters and day-trippers can swell Stinson Beach’s population on a summer weekend to as high as 15,000.  (Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times)

Stinson Beach water restrictions

Vacation renters and day-trippers can swell Stinson Beach’s population on a summer weekend to as high as 15,000.  (Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times)

Stinson Beach water restrictions

Vacation renters and day-trippers can swell Stinson Beach’s population on a summer weekend to as high as 15,000.  (Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times)