Yeah I hear ya'.
I found out this weekend that off-roading on private property has now been put off limits. Seems that the new arrivals out here in the high desert convinced the county board to pass a new law. There's lots of empty private property out here that the public has used for decades to ride on ... not no more. Even if the land owner permits it they need the concordance of all adjacent neighbors.
When I bought my 20-year old home it was on the very edge of the developed area. That means 20-years ago up until four years ago there was no further growth to the east of me. I live near horse property, cattle and chicken farms, and use to have orange groves within smelling distance. Those orange groves are now gone and 30,000 people have moved into the areas to the east of me.
Seems most of them are from the rust belt - Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois plates are everywhere. California cops are pretty aggressive here about not registering your vehicles, I think you've got six weeks once you establish residence to register with a CA plate but I still see dozens of out-of-state plates on my way to work just 4 miles away. The homes are in the $400,000 to $600,000 ranges so these are not your blue collar workers.
They've bought the wrong home if they think this is Anaheim Hills ... I'm waiting for them to start up with the livestock "ew they smell","the roosters are crowing","I drove over a horse's droppings in my BMW" ... those folks are trying to change our semi-rural lifestyle into that of a manicured lawn suburb. Hopefully as they lose their homes more down-to-earth people are going to move in there. We'll never recover the flavor of the orange groves.
Pleas to the city council go unheeded. They only see the increased power and money they'll get from additional residences and business. Most people aren't going to move out . One ordnance that did get passed was to protect the horse properties in an area of the city. Wonder how long that's going to survive? The on-going election could see a change in the council and hopefully more responsive members.
No on growth!