Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay

[8] The hotel contributes most of the tourism income for the local Half Moon Bay, California government, including both transient resident and property taxes.

[9] A 2022 study published by the local government also found that the hotel and its infrastructure were vulnerable to sea level rise.

The event was organized by husband and wife team Jared Zaugg and Brooke Roner of San Francisco, with major corporate sponsorship by Kiehls and Men's Vogue.

The three-day-event included art and ephemera exhibitions inside the Ritz-Carlton hotel itself, a Friday evening reception dinner, the Saturday Concours d'Elegance and prize-giving ceremony, and a Sunday 'Legends Ride', a 44-mile (72 km) scenic loop over the mountain ridge-top that overlooks the Pacific Ocean and included Highway 1 and Skyline Boulevard.

The inclusion of a ride with the Concours d'Elegance reinforced the requirement that any motorcycle winning an award at the LOTM Concours must be in running condition (with specific exceptions, such as Land Speed Racers and Grand Prix racers); motorcycles that could not be started and ridden over the awards podium forfeited their prize.

The builders featured included the Japanese master Shinya Kimura, and the noted bike builder, stuntman, and innovator, Indian Larry, and TV celebrity motorcycle customizer Jesse James, founder of the West Coast Choppers, who showed his Radial Hell aero bike,[15] which is powered by a 7-cylinder Rotec radial aircraft engine.

The Ritz Carlton from the beach access to the north of the hotel. The bluff in which the hotel is located was found to be vulnerable to sea level rise in a 2022 study by the local county.
Remnants of a foundation laid in the early construction of the hotel that was later revised out of the plans. Since then the foundations have been exposed by coastal erosion .
Exposed foundations in the Sandstone Cliffs from a 2014 erosion event.