2025 - Rancho Santa Fe Post

The Santa Fe Irrigation District’s (SFID) 2025 and 2023 Cost of Service Studies (COSS) raise concerns whether…

Community Interest Opinion Osuna

Osuna Ranch: A Community Asset Preserving RSF History and Quality of Life

02/05/2025

Vonn Marie May

As a cultural landscape historian and author of the Cultural Landscape Report for both the Osuna…

Board Restaurant

The Resonation of Revolutions Past

01/28/2025

Rachel Laffer

What an epic evolution an election can make. Covid brutally burned into our collective traumatized psyche…

Elections Governance

Terms End for Three RSFA Directors Amid Controversy, Lawsuits

01/28/2025

Editorial Board

Whether it’s on the national stage or in our little hamlet of Rancho Santa Fe, elections…

Opinion Safety Silvergate

Hodges Dam Catastrophic Failure Prophecy: Death and Destruction in 11 Minutes

01/28/2025

Al Frowiss

A half century ago the County’s Office of Emergency Preparedness filed an official report declaring that within…

Community Fire Safety

Protect Your Home from Wildfires, As More Winds Are on the Way

01/19/2025

Ellen Stiefler

Like Pacific Palisades, Rancho Santa Fe gets warm, drying katabatic Santa Ana winds from the desert…

Taking Issue with Phil Trubey's Legal Interpretation
It is always dangerous when non-legal people start quoting the law. They rarely get it right and Phil Trubey is no exception. Mr. Trubey would have you believe that the Board of Directors does not owe a fiduciary duty to its members. That is, quite simply, wrong. The California Courts, in recognition of the increasingly important role played by private homeowner’s associations, have imposed a fiduciary duty owed by such associations to their members. See ⎁Cohen v. Kite Hill Community Assn. (1983) 142 Cal. App. 3d 642. – Almost30

We revisited, after 10 years, Osuna Ranch.
My take and my wife’s, for what it’s worth, would be that it is definitely under utilized, but with a very little amount of promotion, it could be a highly desirable place for weddings, bar-mitzvahs, quinceañeras, power lunches, corporate get-togethers. etc. – and could very easily be monetized with a relatively small amount of focus – while, keeping its acreage open and accessible to the privileges of our community. My grandmother said to me many years ago “they print money, but they’re not making land anymore." She was so right. I think it would be foolish to not utilize this asset.

It’s easy to sell and take it off the books, but its true value is in its history and the fact that it is owned by the covenant, a huge plus. It might be time to make it “sit up and bark" a little bit and let people see and understand its history. Just saying. – dblltd

Year: 2025

SFID: Proposed Rates and Looming Massive Expenses

Osuna Ranch: A Community Asset Preserving RSF History and Quality of Life

The Resonation of Revolutions Past

Terms End for Three RSFA Directors Amid Controversy, Lawsuits

Hodges Dam Catastrophic Failure Prophecy: Death and Destruction in 11 Minutes

Protect Your Home from Wildfires, As More Winds Are on the Way