FAQs

Protect Rancho Santa Fe

Quick Facts

Learn more about the proposed Silvergate Rancho Santa Fe development, its potential impact on the community, and the concerns raised by residents. Below are answers to the most common questions about the project, approval process, traffic, density, infrastructure, and community character.

At 168 units on 23 acres, Silvergate would be approximately 20 times denser than the Covenant standard for this area and would house nearly 5% of Rancho Santa Fe’s population on less than 0.4% of its land.

Silvergate would operate as a gated, for-profit rental community within the Covenant rather than offer traditional equity ownership. Most residents would not qualify for Rancho Santa Fe Association member privileges.

While memory care is available, the lack of on-site skilled nursing or long-term medical care means most residents will need to relocate elsewhere as their health and mobility decline.

The project sits at one of the busiest gateways into Rancho Santa Fe, and comprehensive analyses regarding evacuation, flooding, traffic, and infrastructure impacts have yet to begin or remain incomplete.

Many residents in the community oppose the project. The projected financial benefit of $150K to the Association will do little to offset the significant negative community impacts, including increased strain on roads and infrastructure, declining property values of immediate neighbors and the disruption of the rural quality of life currently enjoyed by residents.

This could open the door to similar large-scale projects in the Covenant, conflicting with the historic low-density vision established in the 1928 Protective Covenant and the protections associated with California State Historic Landmark #982.