There is no way he is camping there legally. See below.
Forest ClosureA 60-day closure order for four ranger districts (Monterey, Santa Lucia, Santa Barbara and Ojai) is in effect in response to extreme winter weather events in early January that caused flooding, debris flows, bridge, road and trail failures and serious imacts to recreation and administrative facilities.
Link to web site Forest Closure Order 05-07-00-23-02 - Public SafetyDate(s): Feb 20, 2023
A 60-day closure order for four ranger districts (Monterey, Santa Lucia, Santa Barbara and Ojai) has been issued in response to the extreme winter storm that delivered heavy rain and wind across the Forest last week. This Order is effective January 13, 2023 through March 14, 2023 at 12:00 pm.
The closure order will be superseded or terminated when conditions and recreational access improves. Forest employees will be assessing the extent of the damage over the coming weeks and months and will scale back the closure based on improving conditions.
Over the last month, Los Padres received more than 100 percent of its annual rainfall along with extremely damaging wind events. Weather events have caused flooding, debris flows, slope failures, bridge, road and trail failures, and serious impacts to administrative and recreation facilities.
Forest Order 05-07-00-23-02