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Big Sky Ranch Simi Valley: A Premier Master-Planned Community

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Best Features of Big Sky Ranch Simi Valley

Located strategically in a naturally inclined area, the Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley is a one-of-a-kind master planned and built home development. 

This is not just the community of the enchanting appearance of houses; it is about achieving the mood of living that means luxury and proximity to nature. 

Whether you want to buy a home here or want more information about this region, the following is all you need about Big Sky Ranch.

The architectural layout of Big Sky Ranch Simi Valley is given considerable thought. Its plan is comfortable and relatively homogenous in overall concept. 

The quality of the houses underlines this, as does the overall level of cleanliness of the territory and a wide range of extraordinary services. This community in the hills offers the lifestyle its homeowners will love.

Architectural Elegance

The architecture in Big Sky Ranch homes has been carefully selected, and the structures have been designed with modern architectural excellence that suits the hillsides.

The homes range from large single-family homes to tiny townhome-style dwellings; therefore, customers are guaranteed a beautiful and wide variety of styles, meaning everyone gets their preferred taste.

Community Design

The layout and distribution of Big Sky Ranch are precisely designed to ensure a conducive, amicable environment. Streets and other common areas have aesthetic features and sports interconnectivity and are integrated into the districts' plans.

Green Spaces and Landscaping

The community and surroundings have delicate greenery, fine trees, hedges, lawns, and other green chunks. Apart from being so beautiful, they provide those dwellings in those regions with many places to enjoy the outdoors.

Exclusive Amenities

Big Sky Ranch facilities aim to provide the residents with a rich experience and quality of life. These include:

Clubhouse: A community clubhouse can be used to organize functions within the community, such as parties, events, and even a meeting place.

Swimming Pool: A practical, well-maintained pool provides a source of exercise and relaxation for residents who require it or just for recreation. Fitness Center: Especially for conscious guests, the hotel has an equipped gym and fitness center to help the guests work out.

Pet-Friendly Park: A Haven for Pets and Families

Of course, as it is seen and well known, this community is a pet lover, and thus, another fantastic feature of the Big Sky Ranch is the pet park in the North of this community. 

This park is designed with both pets and families in mind, giving a range of amenities and highlights that make it a popular destination for residents. 

Looking at the current establishment of pet owners and families, this park has been designed to incorporate some of the following features that make this park a home to the residents:

Dog-Friendly Spaces

The park has territory where pets, especially dogs, can use excess energy. These are well-fenced, policed compounds that are always very clean to ensure the pets and their owners are comfortable exercising.

Ball Fields

The park is available to lovers of athletic activities. The residents have provided four ball fields for practice in baseball, soccer, and other essential team games. These fields are served by subsidiary facilities designed to promote the setting up of matches and friendly matches.

Children's Playground

This was prepared for children, and the parents who teach homeschool will also benefit from the new playground, which has been equipped with the best safety equipment. The playground has been designed to serve as a play zone for outdoor games for children.

Picnic Areas: In the same regard, for recreation, the park also has areas that can be used for picnics by families or other relatives. These are areas where tables and benches can be placed; hence, one may spend a day admiring the park's natural environment.

Walking Trails

If one decides to stretch and casually walk within the area, the park has walking pathways encompassed by some greenage. Such trails are unique in that you could be doing something as essential as exercise or just a walk and simultaneously 'offer scenery.'

Living in Big Sky Ranch: A Lifestyle of Comfort and Convenience

In Big Sky Ranch, homeowners are not just living in efficient homes, but they are living a life that is efficient and quiet in equal measure. Here's what you can expect from life in this community:

Community Atmosphere

Fun activities are always organized to start at one corner of the facility and stretch to the other end; this is the extent of the Big Sky Ranch's community well-being. The management ensures interpersonal contact, and one can be comfortable since it is like being among friends and relatives.

Access to Local Amenities

Several community attributes make access to society's basic needs straightforward and convenient. The facilities, dining, shopping, and leisure facilities in Simi Valley allow everyone to access whatever they need within their community.

Proximity to Outdoor Recreation

The Big Sky Ranch is close to forests, hills, and other natural attractions, so people who love jogging, cycling, or just taking nature walks can enjoy it. 

The area and vicinity offer many possibilities for hiking and enjoying nature since the field and surrounding the school are covered by hills and valleys.

Educational Opportunities

Families with kids can benefit from advantages such as good schools and educational facilities nearby. For this reason, the community of Gulf Spur carries a strong theme of family-oriented amenities, including access to quality education.

Transportation and Accessibility

Another advantage is that Big Sky Ranch is easily accessible, with connections to the most important means of transport, implying that commuting and travel will be easy. Besides, the community's layout boasts properly designed roads and walkways that enable convenient access to the community.

Conclusion

Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley is not just a housing unit; it is what can be termed a mixed-integrated city where people live in structured environs integrated with nature. This gated community offers sophisticated homes, several facilities, and family conveniences: the pet-allowed park with various recreational opportunities is one more strength of Big Sky Ranch.

From architectural beauty to active community culture and physical activity opportunities, nature has given Big Sky Ranch a lifestyle that meets numerous needs. It is a community where elegance, leisure, and accessibility are combined, providing perfect life satisfaction.

For those planning to relocate to Big Sky Ranch or to extend your knowledge regarding this prestigious development, you do not have to go further to seek more details. Check out the opportunities and find out how Big Sky Ranch can become your next home.

For an in-depth look, check out https://buyahomeinsimivalley.com/simi-valley-central/big-sky/ on our website.

Discover a master-planned community offering exceptional amenities, pet-friendly parks, and a vibrant lifestyle at Big Sky Ranch Simi Valley!

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from the New York Times:

At first glance, Dave Langston’s predicament seems similar to headaches facing homeowners in coastal states vulnerable to catastrophic hurricanes: As disasters have become more frequent and severe, his insurance company has been losing money. Then, it canceled his coverage and left the state.

But Mr. Langston lives in Iowa.

Relatively consistent weather once made Iowa a good bet for insurance companies. But now, as a warming planet makes events like hail and wind storms worse, insurers are fleeing.

Mr. Langston spent months trying to find another company to insure the townhouses, on a quiet cul-de-sac at the edge of Cedar Rapids, that belong to members of his homeowners association. Without coverage, “if we were to have damage that hit all 17 units, we’re looking at bankruptcy for all of us,” he said.

The insurance turmoil caused by climate change — which had been concentrated in Florida, California and Louisiana — is fast becoming a contagion, spreading to states like Iowa, Arkansas, Ohio, Utah and Washington. Even in the Northeast, where homeowners insurance was still generally profitable last year, the trends are worsening.

In 2023, insurers lost money on homeowners coverage in 18 states, more than a third of the country, according to a New York Times analysis of newly available financial data. That’s up from 12 states five years ago, and eight states in 2013. The result is that insurance companies are raising premiums by as much as 50 percent or more, cutting back on coverage or leaving entire states altogether. Nationally, over the last decade, insurers paid out more in claims than they received in premiums, according to the ratings firm Moody’s, and those losses are increasing.

The growing tumult is affecting people whose homes have never been damaged and who have dutifully paid their premiums, year after year. Cancellation notices have left them scrambling to find coverage to protect what is often their single biggest investment. As a last resort, many are ending up in high-risk insurance pools created by states that are backed by the public and offer less coverage than standard policies. By and large, state regulators lack strategies to restore stability to the market.

Insurers are still turning a profit from other lines of business, like commercial and life insurance policies. But many are dropping homeowners coverage because of losses.

Tracking the shifting insurance market is complicated by the fact it is not regulated by the federal government; attempts by the Treasury Department to simply gather data have been rebuffed by some state regulators. 

The turmoil in insurance markets is a flashing red light for an American economy that is built on real property. Without insurance, banks won’t issue a mortgage; without a mortgage, most people can’t buy a home. With fewer buyers, real estate values are likely to decline, along with property tax revenues, leaving communities with less money for schools, police and other basic services.

And without sufficient insurance, people struggle to rebuild after disasters. Last year, storms, wildfires and other disasters pushed 2.5 million American adults out of their homes, according to census data, including at least 830,000 people who were displaced for six months or longer.

[feminist-space]

"Two landlord lobbying groups are petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn New York City’s rent stabilization law, which would allow further countrywide challenges to rent control. Real estate billionaires friendly with court justices are backing the move.

...

Samuel Stein, a housing policy analyst at the Community Service Society, an anti-poverty organization in New York, said that if the Supreme Court were to overturn the rent stabilization law, “It’s the end of New York City.”

“Rents would go up significantly around the city,” he continued. “There will be a tremendous amount of displacement. You will have a lot of people leaving New York City, you will have a lot of homelessness, you’ll have a lot of overcrowding.”

A high court ruling wouldn’t just reshape New York, but would also pave the way for legal challenges to the dozens of rent control laws that exist around the country, and many more currently being considered. For example, in 2024, Californians will vote on a ballot measure to repeal the state’s ban on rent control.

At least one group petitioning the court to take the case has substantial ties to both Harlan Crow, the GOP megadonor and Justice Clarence Thomas benefactor, and Paul Singer, the hedge fund billionaire who provided an undisclosed private jet flight to Justice Samuel Alito.

...

The challenge to New York’s rent stabilization law was brought by two major New York landlord lobbying groups: the Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) and the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP).

The two organizations spent a combined $4.7 million lobbying as they pushed to block the passage of a sweeping tenant protection law in 2019. The law, which expanded rent stabilization from just New York City to any locality in the state that chooses to opt in, made it more difficult for landlords to remove units from rent stabilization and added new protections to rent-stabilized units.

Just after the law passed, the groups sued the city and state, arguing that the new law and New York City’s existing 1969 rent stabilization law are unconstitutional.

The lawsuit from RSA and CHIP was dismissed by lower courts, most recently the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals. But the groups claimed that their intention was always to reach the Supreme Court.

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O Over the summer, a flurry of corporate lobbying groups and conservative think tanks submitted amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to take the case. One of these think tanks has close financial ties to the Supreme Court’s billionaire benefactors.

The ties to Crow, a Texas real estate mogul, are salient as Congress urges the Justice Department to investigate Thomas’s alleged repeated violations of federal ethics laws, in part by accepting a series of undisclosed luxury gifts from Crow over two decades.

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CHIP and RSA themselves represent major corporate landlords in New York, even as they have often claimed to be the voice of mom-and-pop landlords. (The two groups are reportedly considering merging.)

Major real estate and corporate lobbying groups are urging the high court to hear the case, including the California Business Roundtable, the Real Estate Board of New York, the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Apartment Association.

The Supreme Court will decide on the petition on September 26. If they accept it, justices will decide the case during their 2023–2024 term."

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Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

Kelly began receiving all kinds of complaints and threats of lawsuits from communities claiming the Blackbird had shattered windows for miles around. A few times we announced a bogus flight plan and then sat back and watched the phony complaints pour in. But some complaints were for real. One of the guys boomed Kelly’s ranch in Santa Barbara as a joke that backfired because he knocked out Kelly’s picture window. Another of our pilots got in engine trouble over Utah and flamed out. The Blackbird had as much gliding capacity as a manhole cover, and it came barreling in over Salt Lake, just as our pilot got a restart and hit those afterburners right above the Mormon Tabernacle. There was hell to pay.”

―As time went on we were being routed over least-populated areas because of growing complaints about sonic booms. One of them came straight from Nixon. One of our airplanes boomed him while he was reading on the patio of his estate at San Clemente. He got on the horn to the chief of staff and said, “Go&%am it, you’re disturbing people.” One little community named Susanville, in California, sat right in a valley and was in the path of our return route to Beale. The sonic boom would echo off the hills and crack windows and plaster. We had the townspeople in, showed them the airplane, appealed to their patriotism, and told them the boom was “the sound of freedom.” They lapped it up.”

― Ben R. Rich, Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

“the proof of our success was that the airplanes we built operated under tight secrecy for eight to ten years before the government even acknowledged their existence.”

― Ben R. Rich, Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

Linda Sheffield

@Habubrats71 via X

[hallison-bre]

Pat the Bunny performing Bitter Old Man at SubRosa Community Space in Santa Cruz, California. 2/27/14.

"By fifteen years old, i hated punk as much as i had loved it three years before. I was jaded already. I was an old man, yelling at the kids these days.

If you wanted an explanation, I couldn't justify it to you, but i am less cynical than i used to be. I am having a good time. I really expect something wonderful to happen most days."

[Above text taken from the Violatile Utopian Real Estate Market zine]

— Video credits to chloenothing on YouTube —

[presleyfarrow]

full name: presley ann-margret farrow

nicknames: pres

age: 24

star sign: leo (august 2nd)

hometown: aurora bay, california

occupation: grad student at aurora bay college (education psychology)/pageant queen (current miss california)/micro-influencer

pronouns/gender: she/her, cis female

time in town: 24 years

location: aurora bay drive

@aurorabayaesthetic

the story so far.

what happens when a young playboy model meets, falls in love with, and marries a California real estate tycoon thirty years her senior and gets her pretty woman happily ever after? you get the farrow family -- some of the oldest money that aurora bay has to offer.

the marriage resulted in four children. three daughters -- priscilla, gracelyn, and presley. and one son -- memphis (a surprise born only two years ago).

dedicated to her role as a trophy wife and stay-at-home mother, betsy farrow put every ounce of her energy into micromanaging not only herself and her own appearance, but the appearances of her home and her children in the community of aurora bay.

priscilla was the ideal heiress from birth, expected always to take over the family company one day -- ranking in forbes 30 under 30 for four years in a row. gracelyn was a tennis prodigy with an olympic silver medal who married a kennedy. which left presley to follow her mother's childhood ambition to pageant queen with dreams of chasing the title of miss america.

from winning her first crown as a toddler it became clear that presley's life would become focused around this singular goal. aside from the pageants nearly every weekend, presley's schedule was packed with activities, extracurriculars, and church events that would form her into the perfect, well-rounded, all american girl that she needed to present herself as in order to win titles.

at seventeen, presley won the title of miss teen usa -- due to the obligations that came with the title, presley missed a large portion of her senior year of high school (along with prom and graduation).

at the insistence of her father and the dismay of her mother, presley took two years off from pageants to complete her undergrad degree. (chosen by her mother. education -- because it makes for good optics)

after returning to the circuit, she has recently won the title of miss california and will be competing for miss america in december.

fun facts.

has three talents on standby for every competition: ballet, harp, and cheerleading.

extracurriculars included: speech and debate, theatre club, student government, chess club, tennis team, swim team, cheer squad, and homecoming queen.

drink of choice is champagne (doesn't drink often)

drives a white bmw

has close to 300k insta followers

her parents throw lavish holiday parties every year -- they're known particularly for their christmas and fourth of july parties

karaoke song of choice is 'you belong with me' by taylor swift

connects.

tbd.

[resolutedoubt]

While monied industry groups merely affect the posture of grassroots action and woke language while advancing high level political and legal crusades, small landlords like Lincoln Eccles, uniquely affected both by the pandemic’s economic precarity and its emergency regulations, have taken to the streets and Twitter, where they trumpet slogans like “landlords are people too,” “justice for mom’n’pop housing providers,” and “small landlord lives matter.” Some have even rebranded themselves as “indentured landlords,” “carelords,” and “community-based landlords.” When the New York City Council mulled a bill to target discrimination against formerly incarcerated tenants, a state committee member and shareholder of a Bronx gated community, spun it as “The End of Black Landlords.”

This narrative—and the cash machine behind it—has proven effective in swaying politicians, blunting tenant progress. It was reportedly influential in stopping Good Cause Eviction for the fifth straight year. Discussing the bill, a central Brooklyn assembly member representing a district of nearly three quarters Black renters argued that regulating rent increases would actually lead to “Black grandmas out on the street.” New York Mayor Eric Adams, himself a landlord, said in February that it’s important to “remember that small property owner—who came from the Caribbean [and] was able to buy a ten-unit house—how their increases are going up, what they’re going through.” When pressed by a Holocaust survivor tenant about city-wide rent increases on stabilized units approved by the Rent Guidelines Board, the members of which he appoints, Adams accused her talking to him like a “plantation owner.”

This pernicious rhetoric has succeeded not only at moving liberals but at arming conservatives, offering them the guise of populism while muddying the waters of debate. It has allowed the real estate establishment to cannily exploit the contradictory commitment of Democrats to both wealth-building through private property and, nominally, social justice.

For landlords, the language of victimization, which both identity politics and right-wing grievance draw upon, proves a potent force, tying together a relatively economically and politically diverse movement. It is the central engine of real estate’s outrage machine. No matter how absurd some manifestations of the social justice-minded mom-and-pop trope are, they’re the face of a deadly serious campaign—one close to snuffing out rent control entirely.

The narrative of the “woke” mom-and-pop landlord has since been taken up across the country. During public hearings about a new rent control program in St. Paul, an opponent—on Zoom from a beach vacation, naturally—characterized the policy as a form of redlining. Small landlords seeking to roll back rent control in Portland, Maine, adopted progressive language to do so, with ​​some arguing that their willingness to rent to asylum seekers, those on federal housing vouchers, and other marginalized communities demonstrates notable liberal bonafides. In Seattle, opposition to a local measure was led by a mom-and-pop group called Seattle Grassroots Landpeople. A Democratic city councilwoman in Minneapolis who led the charge to scrap consideration of a rent control program derided tenant advocates as “wealthy beer drinking pants rolled up white men” who need to “get out of mommy’s basement.” In a landlord forum, she described her role as “getting ready, putting my lipstick on, curling my hair and selling our message. [Landlords] are the experts at giving me what I’m selling.”

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Outside of New York, this dynamic has played out most notably in California. The successful fight against Los Angeles’s pandemic eviction moratorium was led in part by the ​​Coalition of Small Rental Property Owners, “a California-based advocacy group that mostly represents black and Latinx landlords.” This past February, one small landlord launched a hunger strike to push for the end of Alameda County’s eviction moratorium, calling himself and other immigrant landlords “victims of government abuse.” The moratorium was ended by April.

Across the country, small landlords wielding social justice language are on the march, but their efforts could prove unnecessary. At the time of writing, the Supreme Court is mulling whether or not to hear any combination of five separate challenges to New York’s rent control law. Rent control has previously been upheld by the court, but with a ultra-conservative majority unbothered by established precedent, there’s ample reason to think they may take the case on—and undermine, if not outright abolish, rent control. Amid a national housing crisis in which rent prices are up just over 30 percent from 2019, the average American tenant is rent-burdened, eviction filings are 50 percent higher than the pre-pandemic average in some cities, and homelessness has reached record highs, the few restrictions on rent hikes that exist could be made unconstitutional overnight. The effects would be catastrophic, especially on renters of color.

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The Microphones.

For those who do not know... I am from the great state of washington state. Well... i was born in california.. in Orange County......... Buuuuuuuttttt, i have lived basically my whole life here in washington. Now washington is home to many big artist and bands. With obviously some of our biggest talents being Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, the one guy that does all those christmas songs, as well as many not as popular bands which had major influence and contributions to music such as Unwound, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Sonics, and depending who you ask (since they do have a large amount of listeners) Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, and Fleet Foxes. Though I enjoy pretty much all these bands, and love some of them, there is one artist who tops most, maybe all of these bands for me. The Microphones is the Lofi project of Genius Phil Elverum. I wont get too into his details because i am not a stalker or anything like that hahaha... but he is awesome and makes amazing music. The Microphones sound and feeling is basically the essance of Washington State. For me when i listen. it feels like im in a foggy forest with light rain and mountains surrounding me. It's a cold yet warm and welcoming sound. Being from washington and living a couple hours away, i feel a strange closeness to the music and vibes of the album, it's something i think about often and its kinda weird to explain outside of my brain so i wont explain. Now aside from me living here i also look up to him alot because i am also an artist music wise and whatever. although i make vastly different music (listen to Corporal Rabbit i will make a proper post for my music and maybe that'll make me very famous.) I still fall into the indie lofi umbrella term, and obviously with him being such an important figure for the solo independant lofi community and genre and sound, i take lots of insporation from him and stuff if you know what i mean.

In 2023 i graduated highschool. I had a pretty crappy highschool experience during my last semester as a senior so i was going through a pretty rough time. Almost right after i graduated i got offered a job in alaska, and already being in a bad state of mind, and not having any kinds of friends or relationships outside of family, i decided it was best for me to go since i didn't have much here. About a week or 2 before leaving, i listened to the album The Glow, Pt. 2 for the first time. i had already heard of the microphones and had heard some song but i never really got super into it, but as soon as the song The Glow Pt. 2 came on... I felt something deep down that i haden't really felt in a while. Each of those songs was almost perfectly tailored to something going on in my life, I was going through a breakup, i had lost my bestfriend, i felt so alone and angry. Everything about the album felt like it was made for me. When i left for alaska, the whole plane ride the only thing i wanted to listen to was The Glow Pt.2, when i was in alaska and laying in bed after work tired and depressed and lonely, all i would do was listen to the album and cry. The album felt like home, i felt a sense of comfort, reality, and relatability i didn't feel with any other album.

Now i didnt spend much time in alaska since all it did was isolate me even more and made me depressed. but that part of my year was the most impactful for me. though i dont make that kind of music and i dont know if im capable of it, i want to somehow make music that can make people feel the way i felt when listening to the Glow Pt.2.

Phil Elverum, Although not being the most famous, the most rich, or the most talked about artist. In my eyes he's one of the greatest songwriters, composers, and icons of all time. Thank you Phil you are very important to the world, without you i feel alot of music wouldnt be the way it is today. You are important and thank you for ur contribution to the world. you have done more for me than most people in my life have (i know kinda sad).

Thank you and Goodbye

Heres my fav song off the glow pt.2

[thatsgoodweather]

"[University of California, San Francisco] is trying to isolate and marginalize me. Medicine residents are complaining that leadership will not allow me to speak in antiracism forums because they characterize me as “controversial.” But I am not some outlier of medicine. I am a part of its history of correction. Judging by the sheer numbers of medical students who reach out to me from around the country to ask for mentorship, to work alongside me, and who come to UCSF specifically because of my work, I am part of a movement bringing forward ideas that are a postcard from the future, that were gifted to me by the loving relationships of the communities who teach me and who I serve.  These are ideas that call for radical inquiry into why medicine doesn’t serve all, despite 20 years of investment into so-called “health equity.” These are ideas that look unflinchingly into the violence of our past and the present to map a better world without violence in the future, so that all may be healthy. These are ideas that bring analysis of critical pedagogies into medicine, insisting upon an understanding of how history and power are shaping the health outcomes we see. This is not comfortable work. But it is necessary if we want to see all people thrive and live the lives they truly deserve. My understanding of health equity and justice comes from decades of being a part of and serving communities in the struggle for our collective liberation. I realize there are not too many physicians in the academy who spend as much time as I have in frontline struggles — listening to families who have lost their loved ones to racist police violence, which continues to grow in the U.S., and standing together with Indigenous people who are resisting a pipeline  through their water, or a real estate development going up on their sacred site. Today, experts with institutional roles in health equity are notably silent about the genocide in Gaza, which speaks volumes about their allegiance to power rather than their commitment to end inequities. I do not learn about health equity from reading books, attending conferences or holding journal clubs. I learn about health equity through building solidarity and living in lockstep with the communities I serve and to whom I belong, through the practice of Deep Medicine. My understanding of health is shaped by the survivors of genocide working to get their land back in Ohlone territory where I was born and where I work. It is sharpened by La Via Campesina’s peasant farming movement, the legacy of the Black Panther Party, the Waorani’s struggle to hold oil companies responsible for the pollution of the Amazon, the families of Oscar Grant, Mario Woods and Alex Nieto, all killed by Bay Area police, the family at Poor Magazine, disability justice movements and survivors of medical violence, and the Indigenous-led pipeline resistance, which has been the most effective tactic to lower greenhouse gas emissions in North America. My work is shaped by many people who work in service of ending apartheid in Palestine and bringing a future with equal rights for all."

By Rupa Marya, MD

[itirealstateeducation]

Financial Advantages of REIA!

There are many different types of REIAs, from tiny, unorganized organizations to bigger, more structured groupings with hundreds or even thousands of members. However, these real estate investor groups (REIAs) have sprung up throughout the country, giving both big and small investors the chance to join.

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Rancho Estates, Long Beach: A Mid-Century Modern Living and Natural Beauty

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Rancho Estates Long Beach: Your Gateway to Cliff May-Designed Homes

Rancho Estates, Long Beach, is located in the central area of Long Beach. It depicts the true essence of mid-century modern architecture and nature. This area has classical Cliff May-designed houses near El Dorado Park and Nature Center.

The neighborhood has many Cliff May-built domiciles, acknowledged for its mid-century modern style. Although the number of Cliff May works in the neighborhood is limited, his works were termed the father of the California ranch-style house.

Here's an in-depth look at what makes these homes so unique:

Mid-Century Modern Design

May's buildings perfectly reflect the mid-century modern style: simple and industrial shapes and indoor and outdoor connections. The homes in Rancho Estates feature: The homes in Rancho Estates feature:

Post and Beam Construction

Returning to the structural system, it is characterized by its openness and the possibility of creating vast, obstacle-free spaces. The exposed wooden beams are aesthetic, giving the building strength and a unique character.

Slab Foundations

This is in line with achieving the homes' contemporary simplicity due to the minimal visibility of the foundations, apart from the slab ones, which are more natural and blend with indoor and outdoor spaces.

Floor-to-Ceiling Windows

These windows characterize Cliff May's design, bringing much light into the interiors and providing clear views of the exteriors.

Indoor-Outdoor Flow

The continuity of interiors and exteriors is among the unique features of Cliff May homes. Single-level plans and structured hi-lo living can also characterize their houses. This is achieved through:

Landscaped Front Areas

Most of the houses in Rancho Estates have well-maintained front lawns, which enhance the front view of the homes and the appearance of the porches at the front of the homes.

Spacious Backyards

The rear yards generally comprise patios and other outdoor eating facilities incorporated into the rest of the house design.

Patios and Outdoor Living

Patios are designed to provide more living or relaxation space and space for outdoor dining, sitting, or enjoying the Californian climate.

Iconic Designs and Variations

No two houses in this community look like any other house in the neighborhood. Still, one factor holds the exterior design of these houses together: the architectural style.

Regarding the exterior, certain tendencies in roofs, windows, and other cladding contribute to what some may call' a friendly neighborhood.'

Apart from the peculiarities of architecture and recreational function, there is much to say about the Rancho Estates: It is a lively and well-situated territory. Here's what makes living in Rancho Estates unique. These are the features that make a home in Rancho Estates unique:

Community Atmosphere

Another feature of Rancho Estates is that people exist there, and, to top it off, they are friendly. This is contrary to other stereotypical neighborhoods, which exist in movies, T.V. series, and video games, mostly wherever communities are quite the opposite of friendly or perhaps indifferent at best. 

The location is eager to host local events and activities to make the inhabitants come across each other.

Proximity to Amenities

The neighborhood's location offers easy access to a range of amenities, including:

Local Schools: Rancho Estates has at some point been marked as having banner schools, making it a viable area for families with schooled children.

Shopping and Dining: It is still within close reach of shopping malls, restaurants, and other places of Recreation, which makes it favorable for those who wish to meet all their needs and indulge in acts that are regarded as a form of leisure.

Public Transportation: The other factor is the provision of estates for commercial and residential purposes with access to public transport, thus making transport linkages to other nearby areas easy for the people occupying the premises.

El Dorado Park and Nature Center: A Natural Oasis

El Dorado Park and Nature Center is an 800-acre park east of the Rancho Estates. Here's a closer look at what this park has to offer. Well, here is the breakdown of what this park has to present:

The park comprises several Piazzas for play and Recreation, each with a distinct value. Key features include:

Serene Lakes and Winding Streams: This part of the park allows individuals who enjoy fishing, having a picnic, or boarding a table to do so quasi-quietly.

105-Acre Nature Center: This part is designed to raise native fauna and flora and provide education and paths through nature for guests' convenience.

Hiking and Biking Trails: The trails include those trails physically used for hiking and biking and other dreams that transform the San Gabriel River to enhance the park's aesthetic natural resource value endowment.

Fishing Lakes: Some sections of the park are restricted to fishing; car lovers may want to go fishing to catch some species of fish in the park.

Sports Courts: A ten-and-basketball court and open sports activities facilities for athletic rejoicing.

Disc and Golf Courses: Disc and regular golf are also found in the park, making it suitable for all players, from amateurs to professionals.

Outdoor Adventure and Relaxation

El Dorado Park can be a place for an adequately active and vibrant program and for holidays, which means time to rest. Visitors can:

Unwind and Recharge: They can watch and rest, or someone who wishes to be more productive can walk around the park or have a barbecue session at the lakeside.

Outdoor Adventures: Cycling, hiking, and sporting activities are available in and around the park.

Conclusion

The community is growing, and with the following future developments, there are expectations to increase the area's attractiveness. These may cover the development of structures within the region, the development of other facilities, or the improvement of several programs in a given society.

It is a Long Beach neighborhood that equally preserves points of architecture and fascinating landscapes. Its Cliff May-designed homes represent mid-century modern at their finest, and El Dorado Park and Nature Center is a vast recreational facility with much beautiful greenery.

Whether you admire the diverse architecture, are a nature lover, or are active people who appreciate the noisy and friendly community life, Rancho Estates presents you with a lifestyle true to the spirit of California.

For all the people planning to relocate to Rancho Estates or are interested in this place, this neighborhood has a relatively diverse potential for leisure and entertainment for all spheres of interest.

Over the years, with its unique mid-mod homes, lush park areas, and residents' undying loyalty, Rancho Estates has still lived up to the model city of Long Beach, brimming with ideals and dreams.

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[nancypullen]

Monday

Greetings, dear readers! Didn't mean to leave you hanging, we've been semi-busy (it's never truly busy around here) and I am also a lazy writer - that combination left this space blank for a few days. Oops. I'll pick up where I left you hanging. California! We had planned to go Wednesday morning, but the mister didn't sleep well Tuesday night and wasn't feeling it. We pushed it back a day and departed Thursday morning around 8am. It was a two hour drive for us, first over the bridge and then south toward Virginia.

It was a pretty drive, not a whole lot to see in that stretch between Annapolis and California. We timed it from Edgewater and it would still be about an hour from the grandgirl. I'd love to be closer, but A) real estate prices are insane there, and B) it's hard to find a place that isn't in a congested area. We like peace and quiet. The flip side of that is giving up a lot of conveniences for that peace and quiet. UNLESS...

You move to California! I brought a list of houses currently for sale in the community so that we could check out different neighborhoods and decide what we liked and what we didn't. They were all pretty, but our favorite neighborhood was definitely Wildewood. It felt like an enchanted forest, but with pools and tennis courts. The homes were lovely, everything was manicured and neat, and people were out on walking trails. Very good vibe. Best of all, just two minutes away, as you drive out of the beautifully landscaped entrance to this serene neighborhood...SHOPPING! Everything from Lowes to Ulta, five grocery stores, and a bazillion restaurants from cowboy bbq to Thai food. Even a 12-plex movie theater! I asked the mister to stop at Sally Beauty so I could stock up on hair stuff, and JoAnn so I could grab loads of paper for card making - two things I haven't been able to do for two years. Not gonna' lie, it felt wonderfully normal, another thing that hasn't happened for two years. It was comparable to our situation in Mt. Juliet - quiet living but everything you could want or need just a few minutes away. I'm sure California has its drawbacks, we were just there for one quick visit, but it's very appealing to me right now. The only fault that I could find with the homes in the Wildewood subdivision is that there were very few single story homes, and the ones that did exist were probably smaller than we'd be happy with. We need to downsize our "stuff" anyway, 40+ years of marriage, kids, and life takes up a lot of space. We don't need it all. Mickey does need an office space, and we'll always need room for family to visit - but maybe we can figure that out in less square footage. So, having yammered on about getting rid of stuff and downsizing, on Saturday we ran down the road and bought some of the cutest Halloween decor! In my defense, it was all half price. I'm willing to get rid of clothing and shoes to make room for Halloween stuff. It all started with a Facebook post...

The couple behind these creations has decided to retire from traveling around to craft shows and they're unloading their inventory at 50% off. I'm sorry, but fall decor on sale is my heroin.

They had a bunch of Xmas stuff too, but I wasn't interested. Though Santa is my homeboy, I'm still team pumpkin. This was my haul for $34!

It had to pass inspection, but it all received the witch's cat stamp of approval.

Left to right, the boo sign will go beside the front door with a small pumpkin. The welcome sign will be at the bottom of the front steps with some mums. The pumpkin with spiders will probably sit beside a porch chair, and this...

will sit on my kitchen window sill with some tiny pumpkins. I'm ridiculously excited about all of it.

In other news I finally started painting the desk/hutch combo that I picked up for seven bucks. Remember this?

It's been patiently waiting for some color. First we had 100+ degree days, then we had a stretch of rainy days - so I waited. Yesterday I cleaned it up, took off the hardware, and got busy. it's far from finished, but she's looking very feminine now.

I've barely started on the hutch - just a quick slap of the ivory in places to lay a foundation. That top detail that's still brown will get a coat too. It'll get a second coat and then I'll go in with small brushes and tidy up all of the lines and add gold details. The little scalloped edging at the top and middle will be gold and so will the finials. I'll probably buy new drawer pulls, I'm undecided. I don't like the old ones but they're also not the ugliest I've ever seen. I'm also debating whether or not to trail flowers across the ivory section. It would be gorgeous, but since I'm actually going to fill those shelves, it might end up looking too busy. Anyway, I've just started her makeover and I'm enjoying the process. Can't wait to finish it and move it into my craft room. Does anyone remember me mentioning downsizing? Yeah, it's going really well.

And while we're on the subject of makeovers (kind of), I'm very glad I made that stop at Sally Beauty while we were in California. A few weeks ago I mentioned that I'm finished with hair color. I made an appointment for a cut and asked the stylist to do some heavy highlights on my crown so I could just let the white grow in without an obvious line of color/white. I paid a big chunk of money to have that done. As far as I could see it didn't change a damn thing. She only left the potion on for fifteen minutes, and nothing works on my hair in fifteen minutes. My hair won't even budge in under 30 minutes and that's only if using powerful chemicals and sacrificing a goat. So I was a little bummed, even though the stylist kept repeating, "That lightened it a little..." the only thing lighter was my wallet. I was still yellow with a white stripe. So, like I do, I researched a bit and realized that since I was already a light blonde, all I really needed was a toner to remove any yellow. Wella T18 seemed to be the toner many online hair professionals recommended. I picked up a box at Sally and then waited until I was in the mood to handle a possible disaster. Best case scenario, it would make me platinum. Worst case scenario it might turn my whole head purple and I don't know how to reverse that. I decided to roll the dice yesterday. I figured that if it turned everything purple I'd just act like it was on purpose. Lo and behold, it worked! I hate that the only photo I have to share is a creepy one, but it's about the hair, not my face. I'd just started the drying process, so have mercy on my poofy hair.

No yellow, no white stripe! Hooray! Whyyyy did I spend money on invisible highlights when the solution was $15 and a lot less time than I spent in the salon chair? The good news is that I'll never do it again. I added sparkle to the background of that photo to make it look like a celebration, I hope no one thinks that's my bathroom wallpaper.

Raise your hand if you've had enough of my rambling.

Yeah, me too. I just crammed several days worth of stuff into one blog post and there was no flow. Probably felt like walking through a house of mirrors. Bonk! No exit! I'm trying very hard not to comment on the political climate right now, all I will say is that I have hope. 99 days.

I'm sending out gobs of love, take as much as you need and pass it on. I hope you're out there leaving a trail of love and glitter and happiness behind you. More tomorrow. Until then, stay safe, stay well. XOXO, Nancy

[molinabiancavalentina]

MODERN HISTORY

1ST BLOG _The Irvine Company - James Irvine / RELEVANT FIGURE

The Irvine Company is known for its commitment to water conservation and sustainability in its real estate developments. For more than 150 years, The Irvine Company has sought and implemented innovative ways to conserve and protect Irvine's precious water resources at Irvine Ranch. Today, The Irvine Company is a privately held real estate investment company governed by an independent board of directors. The Irvine Company is recognized for its master planning and environmental stewardship of Irvine Ranch in Orange County, including diversified operations throughout coastal California. As you can understand, the James Irvine Organization had a great relevance in the area of water conservation by creating several dams and reservoirs in the various streams of the Irvine Ranch, because of this generous inversion that had a long with it many benefits for the earth and its environment, we must remember that water is an important resource for the environment, so whatever it has positive repercussions on it will be positive in general.

James Irvine was a pioneer of California agriculture, building his family's Southern California ranch into one of the state's earliest and most productive large-scale agricultural enterprises. During the "Great Drought" of the 1860s, James Irvine and three partners purchased the land that would become the Irvine Ranch. Droughts plagued Southern California and the ranch for the rest of the century. Between 1920 and 1940, the Irvine Company spent millions on water development and conservation. This included drilling hundreds of wells and constructing a series of dams and reservoirs on the ranch's various streams. Later, the Irvine Company began widespread use of water-saving fixtures - such as low-flow showerheads and toilets - in homes, hotels, and office buildings in Irvine and elsewhere on the Irvine Ranch. In the 2000s, the use of reclaimed water throughout Irvine was made even more effective by the company's commitment to state-of-the-art irrigation systems that include "smart" irrigation controllers, drip and low-flow water delivery devices, and satellite-based weather data controls, among other technologies.

IMPORTANT PERSON: James Irvine - Bought the land where the Irvine Ranch is located and where the Irvine Company was founded.

The company was founded by James Irvine (Irvine family) and is currently 100% owned by Donald Bren. Because the company is privately held, its financial information is not available to the public. However, Bren is the richest real estate developer in the United States with a net worth of $15.3 billion as of April 2021. But if we must talk about numbers, I will mention some of the people involved in the company, referred to as the “Executive Group”:

Executive Committee: Charles Fedalen Jr, Frank Abeling, Mare Ley and Jonathan Brinsden.

Real Estate Division Executives: Roger DeWames, Ken Gillet, Todd Keller, Alan Parkin, Roger Ploum, Teresa Prestwood and Tom Sullivan.

Corporate Executives: Gino Bianchini, Rob Elliott, Mark Henigan, Paul Hernandez, Jason Maxwell, Bryan Stevens, Darren Thomas, Kevin Wagner and Abe Wong.

The Irvine Company converted the community's irrigation system to recycled water in March, saving an estimated 7.3 million gallons of potable water annually.

The result of this company's actions was that they helped to start recycling water in a high percentage by including it in their multi-family houses, since they are involved in this area, and the water saving forms they included were like an extra benefit.  The impact it had on the level of public service for what they sold was high because it was more convenient and environmentally friendly for the customer who was thinking of buying the commercial properties offered. Since the impact was great, the water conservation started to bring something serious in between people who actually think of acquiring one of their services the company offers.

The relevance that this company has today is that it is concerned that water is not wasted by unconscious people, although this company cannot simply force these people to conserve water, at least they try to give a message of awareness to these people. Currently, water conservation is almost zero, especially in countries like Chad or Angola, because in these countries there is not enough drinking water for all the people who live there, this is where the great benefit that this company gives to the responsible use of water comes in.

For resuming all this relationship between the Irvine Company and water conservation, it's very smart from their part to start this kind of good things since they not only gained more customers and clients but also get benefits from the environment we live since is like we are starting to solve this big problem we all know about water consumption by starting to conserve it. Although this company is not so well known by the young people of today, there is no doubt that the owner of this idea had a very good purpose in risking his money with something that could help save water and reduce the level of waste of this important resource. Really, this is something that the young people of today should admire.

[gimletagain]

And boy do I have thoughts about this move.

Gimlet, please share your thoughts (when you have time)!

Let’s put it this way - I can afford some of the houses in Hope Ranch but not in Montecito. Yes it’s a gated community, but it’s a large one and still a development rather than individual estates. At Hope you can get huge $25m beachfront mansions or land; you can also get an old $2.5m 1600 sq ft CA ranch house. Still part of the same community with the same private beach access. So ultimately she’ll have a much greater chance of rubbing elbows with plebes than montecito which tells me this is a downgrade. Lot sizes are also much smaller (unless she’s getting those massive beach lots, which I doubt.)

Another thing - Montecito has a ton of young families despite how expensive it is because of how good the school system is. It has the best elementary school in California. Not that she would’ve put her kids in public school but they’d be rubbing elbows with similarly wealthy kids in a top school. Hope Ranch feels much older in comparison.

Finally, when communities are formally gated with unm, “active” HOASs even in expensive neighborhoods, indicates a level of exclusion that is very not progressive.. “Black people make up less than 3 percent of the population in Santa Barbara County. And it wasn’t really that long ago that real estate covenants in Hope Ranch barred the sale of any properties to black and Jewish people.” (Link.) As someone who isn’t white, I felt the lack of diversity and history very explicitly. As beautiful as the house and area is, and as much as it was a good deal during the pandemic, we were just not a fit.

So to sum it up, I think the move means -

downgrading property size

more neighbors, esp older nosy ones

even more isolation, esp for their kids

even whiter and older and more conservative

closer to the beach and other horse people (very active equestrian community)

It is just verrry funny that they supposedly left a bunch of suffocating white old people with a bunch of rules to be with another group of suffocating old white people with a bunch of rules.

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