San Ramon Residents against El Nido Project

03/04/2022

The Bob Marley classic, Get Up Stand Up, comes to mind as the resistance to the proposed El Nido project continues. Plainly and simply, t...

03/03/2022

First photo is of a Miner 49er: Photo: L.C. McClure. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Gullgraver_1850...

Have you ever tried the famous one-skillet meal that consists of fried breaded oysters, eggs, and fried bacon, cooked together in the for...

03/02/2022

The historic Harlan house and what’s left of the El Nido ranch - once a thriving ranch - and the historic home of the Tatcan Native Ameri...

03/01/2022

In the words of Marvin Gaye, things ain't what they used to be. Just came back from my trip down to L.A. where I grew up in the 70s. I re...

02/21/2022

A little ditty 'bout Joel & Minerva

Two Gold Rush Pioneers that Settled on San Ramon Land

In 1852, Joel and Minerva Harlan, having made their fortune from opening a prosperous store in Coloma selling supplies to miners, eventually purchased a parcel of Rancho San Ramon land. The current Gothic Revival mansion still stands on the original parcel of land that it was built on – on the corner of Westside Drive and San Ramon Valley Road in San Ramon.

A community member, Camille Thompson, posting to the San Ramon Patch in 2011 interviewed Bill Harlan, the great, great grandson of George Harlan. His great grandfather, Elisha, was Joel Harlan's brother.

https://patch.com/california/sanramon/pioneers-build-a-nest-in-early-san-ramon

Back in 2011, when this article was written, Camille mentioned that “It is the goal of the city of San Ramon and the San Ramon Historic Foundation to relocate the Harlan House near Forest Home Farms, to be incorporated in the historic park depicting life in San Ramon during the pioneer days.”

What happened to that goal? Now the house is at risk of not being appropriately preserved and that parcel of land is slated for commercial development. Please help us save this historic home and greenspace. Every signature counts: https://www.change.org/p/san-ramon-city-council-help-us-protect-our-greenspaces-neighborhood-communities-creeks-and-san-ramon-wildlife

01/17/2022

Another proposal to make a Senior Care facility in Bishop Ranch, an area set aside for commercial offices.

San Ramon planning commissioners are set for discussions Tuesday on the proposed Belmont Senior Care Facility, which would consist of 177 units in a six-story building at Bishop Ranch 1-A.

01/14/2022

Continuing our non-emotional drive to showcase our opposition of this project, with some facts and numbers, we created a Change.org campaign to oppose this project, which DOESN'T FIT at the proposed location. Please check it out and sign it.

https://www.change.org/p/san-ramon-city-council-help-us-protect-our-greenspaces-neighborhood-communities-creeks-and-san-ramon-wildlife

HELP US Protect our Greenspaces, Neighborhood communities, Creeks, and San Ramon wildlife.

01/12/2022

Sharing info from the SRPD's FB page today:

Highlights another reason why we think building a Senior Assisted living facility creates more risk and likely brings more crime to the area.

01/12/2022

The communities around the proposed site are coming together to oppose this. As of today, this is how it looks....

12/18/2021

Sharing the notice of the first meeting here. Please join and share your ideas / suggestions here. What are your thoughts on this?