Supervisors enlarge Rancho California Agricultural Preserve
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors enlarged a Rancho California Agricultural Preserve area by 48.71 acres Tuesday, March 23.The supervisors’ unanimous vote approved a rezone of the property from Residential Agricultural, 20-acre minimum, to Light Agriculture, while adding that land to Rancho California Agricultural Preserve No. 16. The county supervisors also found the rezone and agricultural preserve addition categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.The property is south and east of De Luz Road, north of Monte Rancho Drive, and west of Camaron Road. It is adjacent to Rancho California Agricultural Preserve No. 16, which was established in 1975. The addition of the land owned by the Randhawa Family Trust will increase the preserve land from app