Development in Tejon Ranch

Tejon Ranch is the "largest contiguous expanse of land under single ownership in California." It covers 0.4 RIE (Rhode Island Equivalencies), or 426 square miles.

There are plans to build Centennial, a new town of 23,000 homes at the southern end of the ranch along Route 138. I know some people who use Route 138 as the shortcut from I-5 to I-15 when traveling from northern California to the Palm Springs area. I tried it a few times, but the little two-lane has too much traffic on it, and gives you a very winding descent to I-15 without guardrails. The last time I did that it was raining and dark. Never again.

Anyway, as to Centennial, advocates say this is the way to handle the millions of additional people that will come to southern California over the next two decades. Opponents hold forth the horror of an urbanity that covers a gigantic swath from Tijuana to Bakersfield.