My dad recently signed over a plot of land (5.03 acres) to me in Lake County, California. It's a bit inaccessible but in an area where there are tons of forested growth and it's on a hillside. It's prone to wildfires. We had a bad one several years ago.
Here's my question: My dad told me that there is another group who owns land up there too. They have placed a security gate around their property but it also prevents me from accessing mine, at least a portion of it. When my dad told me of this, I was shocked that another property owner can erect a gate around theirs that interferes with someone else's. I called Lake County to find out where my property boundaries are. they said I would need to come down and take a look at some charts/maps to see (if they've been completed for my area.) Plus I wanted to find out how could I resolve this issue with removing this security gate from my property. Do I need to find out what the boundaries are first? Odd, that no one tried to ensure that no one else's property would be affected by a gate. Strange. Lake County said that it's normal.

