The Residents Association of Greater Lake Mathews, Inc. (RAGLM) is raising funds to finance litigation, a referendum, and other legal remedies to stop the Cajalco Square Project. This project has been approved b the Riverside County Board of Supervisors despite the near unanimous opposition of the Greater Lake Mathews community and the unanimous opposition of the local Val Verde Unified School District.

Dedicated to "keep the rural lifestyle, protect the open spaces, and preserve the wildlife in our area", RAGLM sees the Cajalco Square Project, if allowed to proceed, as a major encroachment into and irrevocably destructive of the rural and equestrian lifestyle of the entire Greater Lake Mathews that will be interpreted b developers and Count planners as approval to develop the entirety of Greater Lake Mathews without concern for an real local opposition.  

The County Planning Department and Planning Commission rather than acting  impartially and protective of their affected neighbors and their existing rural community, ignored the community's strong, vocal, and unanimous opposition and acted almost as the developer's publicist .  Appeal to the Board of Supervisors was heard on July 14, 2020, but, despite the unanimous, voluminous, and expressed opposition of the Greater Lake Mathews community who pay their salaries, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors ignored the community's wishes and endorsed the applicant's application to move forward.

The community has decided to present a referendum on the matter and to file a lawsuit to stop the Project.  RAGLM, a tax exempt non-profit, will hold any donations received for this effort.  Any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to all the people of Greater Lake Mathews. 

                                               WHY CAJALCO SQUARE MATTERS! 
                        WHY YOU BETTER CARE NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

The Greater Lake Mathews area (between the 15 and 215 freeways, and between State Route 74 and the southern city limits of Riverside city) is an enclave that the Riverside County government long ago promised would be preserved as rural, agricultural and equestrian.

Cajalco Square matters because, if allowed to move forward, Cajalco Square will:

1) be viewed as another, important step, a foot in the door, in changing Greater Lake Mathews from a rural enclave into more suburbia;

2) cause Riverside City and Perris to interpret this as a signal that Greater Lake Mathews is being opened to development just like what occurred in Woodcrest and Orangecrest, and reignite past annexation interest and efforts;

3) significantly increase commercial, commuter and other vehicle traffic on Cajalco, El Sobrante, Wood, Gavilan, and Santa Rosa Mining Roads;

4) increase pressure for significant expansion of Cajalco and El Sobrante Roads into expressways similar to the 91 through Corona as already in County long term plans;

5) increase pressure to revive County plans for construction of the Mid-County Parkway through the Plateau;    

6) significantly increase the presence of transients, homeless and criminals southward and towards the rural heart of Greater Lake Mathews;

7) encumber, strain and increase the need for police, fire and other emergency services to service the project, services already barely provided within Greater Lake Mathews;

8) provide a refueling outlet for diesel trucking traveling along Cajalco and El Sobrante Roads, Gavilan Road, and Santa Rosa Mine Road;

9) increase unnecessary liquor, tobacco and gambling purchasing locally and bring it closer to the Plateau;

10) increase criminal activity in an area presently free of crime and bring crime closer to the Plateau; 

11) drain pollutants into the channels draining into Lake Mathews;

12) encourage developers to purchase, seek rezoning and develop real estate throughout our community representing that the nature of the community has changed;

13) be effectively split in two as the lowlands beneath the Plateau and along Cajalco Road will become the new southern limit of Riverside city;

14) encourage gas and diesel station developers to build mega stations with convenience stores, car washes and other businesses at every corner imaginable throughout Greater Lake Mathews including at

            Gavilan Road and Idaleona,
            Gavilan Road and Lake Mathews Drive,
            Lake Mathews Drive and Cajalco Road,
            Gavilan Road and Cajalco,
            Cajalco and El Sobrante,
            Cajalco Road and La Sierra,
            Gavilan Road and Santa Rosa Mine,
            Cajalco Road and Smith/Harley John,
            El Sobrante and La Sierra,
            Santa Rosa Mine Rd & Piedras Rd. ,
            Santa Rosa Mine Rd. and Post,
            Post and Ellis,
            Old Elsinore Rd. and San Jacinto Ave.,
            Idaleona Rd. and Piedras,
            and more. 

15) encourage every eager and vigilant developers and realtors to bring business and high density housing development throughout our enclave, transforming us from rural, agricultural and equestrian;

16) Further displace wildlife from their natural environment.

Most of us remember when Orange County was virtually nothing but orange groves everywhere. You fled the OC for the simple and quiet life of the country. Don’t let Greater Lake Mathews become another OC because it will before you know it unless you make your opposition heard now. 

More information about Residents Association of Greater Lake Mathews, Inc. (RAGLM) contact John L. Minnella, RAGLM President, at 714/543-9005.