By Mike Ranson
“We want the people to have a vote on Fanita Ranch. The developer wants to build 3000 homes in Santee and enough is enough! Will you sign this petition to put Fanita Ranch on the ballot?”
In 2018, that is exactly what one of my neighbors said to me when I answered her knock at the front door. ...
A Wednesday Santee City Council meeting heralded several comments from attendees about the Fanita Ranch project during time set aside for non-agenda item public comments.
The as-yet unbuilt development has gone through some revisions since Santee was incorporated in 1980 and plans were first drawn up, but the current plan generally includes new homes with various levels of size and scope, some community facilities such...
By Mike Ranson
Home Fed’s Fanita Ranch project will be coming before the Santee City Council at the end of August. If you are a Santee resident, you already know many of the details of the Home Fed Fanita Ranch plan, so I won’t spend time writing about that plan here.
Instead, in an effort to understand all options, I...