Dana Point Community Info
The city of Dana Point was named after Richard Henry Dana, author of the classic sea journal Two Years Before the Mast, which included a description of the area known as Capistrano Bay as “the only romantic spot in California.” Today, Capistrano Bay is known as Dana Point. In 1923 Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, and General M.H. Sherman, Director of the Pacific Electric Railway Company, created the Dana Point Syndicate to purchase 1388 acres of local land. Promising tree-lined, paved streets, electricity, telephones, sidewalks, water mains, storm drains, sewers, and other amenities, several dozen homes and a number of commercial buildings were built. Depression caused construction to halt and the project was abandoned. Dana Point was incorporated in 1989. As of the census of 2000, there were 35,110 people and 14,456 households residing in the city. The city is served by Capistrano Unified School District. For detailed school information, log on to the School District’s website at www.capousd.org.
Dana Point, characterized by almost seven miles of prominent coastal bluffs and rolling hills along the Pacific Ocean, is a popular local destination for surfing and is home to a legendary surf break called Killer Dana. There is great surfing history here! Few people probably remember Boneyard Beach at Doheny. I never went, but I’ve heard of it! Apparently it was THE place to surf in South Orange County prior to building the marina. Dana Point Harbor, providing slips and mooring for thousands of boats, is one of the most significant man made alterations to the Orange County coastline. I myself spend as much time there as I can. The Harbor attracts thousands of visitors annually for dining, shopping at over fifty specialty shops, sport fishing, walking and jogging for miles, bicycling, para sailing and many other recreational activities. You can get a really great plate of fish and chips at John’s Seafood in the harbor or a really great bowl of chicken soup at the deli next door. Gemmell’s is a nice French restaurant. I’ve heard great things about it, but I haven’t eaten there yet, but I will. The harbor is slated to be completely redone and the slips reconfigured, but the renovation is years away.
A famous little beach nearby is Baby Beach which has a lifeguard overlooking the little children. The Dana Point Harbor is also considered the gateway to Doheny State Park, one of California’s most popular beach facilities which also offers bicycling, picnicking, camping, swimming, surfing and tide pool exploration. The Tall Ships Festival is held every September. It is one of the largest annual gatherings of its kind on the West Coast of the United States. ??Dana Point boasts some gorgeous ocean-front communities the newest being the Strand which is composed of both oceanfront and non-oceanfront lots. Very expensive homes are under construction right now. The gate-guarded communities of Niguel Shores and Monarch Bay boast oceanfront homes. Expect a lot of renovation in the downtown area over the next ten years!
More from Dana Point
San Juan Capistrano Starts Five Week Gas Line Project…
March 31, 2009
The City of San Juan Capistrano announced late last week that work begins Sunday on a roughly 5-week Southern California Gas Co. project to replace a gas line on Ortega Highway, resulting in lane closures and some nighttime traffic delays.
The work, which starts at 10 p.m. March 27, entails excavating to replace roughly 1,200 feet of gas line on Ortega Highway from the I-5 Freeway ramps to El Camino Real and on El Camino Real from Ortega Highway south roughly 250 feet.
Traffic control will be set up on Ortega Highway from Rancho Viejo Road over the freeway to El Camino Real. Travel lanes on Ortega and El Camino Real will reopen daily at 5 a.m.
For a map of the area’s referenced above, click here…
For more information, contact…
Ken Carlson
909-947-8940.
City of San Juan Capistrano/ Railroad Work & Street Closings in April…
March 26, 2009
Metrolink will perform maintenance work at three railroad crossings in April, forcing the closure of Oso Road, La Zanja and Avenida Aeropuerto intersections and requiring motorists to take alternate routes. Detours will be posted for the streets, which are located on the west side of town, and Metrolink will notify residents of the closures.
Avenida Aeropuerto
Avenida Aeropuerto, which is a single-access street, will be closed from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday, April 3. It will reopen through a temporary construction lane from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 4, before closing that night from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. The street reopens at 7 a.m. on Sunday, April 5. Businesses and residents on the west side of the railroad tracks should expect traffic delays. Metrolink officials will take measures to ensure emergency access is available during construction.
For a map of the Aeropuerto work, click here…
Oso Road
Oso Road will be closed from 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18 through 9 p.m. Sunday, April 19. The Oso Road closure will detour weekend traffic along Avenida De La Vista to La Zanja Street.
For a map of this area, click here…
La Zanja Street
La Zanja Street will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25 and reopen at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 26. Motorists will be diverted to Oso Road through Avenida De La Vista.
For a map of this area, click here…
For information about the closures, contact…
Metrolink
213-452-0288
lopezl@scrra.net
33771 Killarney, San Juan Capistrano…
March 19, 2009
   MLS # s567525
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Buy New Construction in California, Receive $10,000 State Tax Credit…
March 16, 2009
New Tax Credit for New Construction Purchases between March 1, 2009, and March 1, 2010
For full description of program, click here…
For a copy of Form 3528-A, click here…
Per the California Franchise Tax Board…
California allocated $100,000,000 for this tax credit. Buyers must apply for credit allocation from us. Applications will be reviewed and credit allocations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Once $100,000,000 has been allocated, the tax credit will no longer be available.
For updates on the allocated and remaining credits available, click here…
Starting March 1, 2009, we will accept applications for allocation of credit by fax only… (916) 845.9754… however, we will not send notifications of credit allocation until we have developed procedures. Once we begin processing allocation applications, credits will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We will update this page as soon as we begin mailing credit allocation letters. We plan to begin mailing credit allocation letters no later than May 1, 2009. This delay is necessary to allow us time to develop a system to capture and verify the application information, allocate the credits, and send the credit allocation letters. Please be patient with us and do not send applications more than one time. (Updated 03/06/09)
Long and short…
This tax credit is available for qualified buyers who on or after March 1, 2009, and before March 1, 2010, purchase a qualified principal residence that has never been occupied. The buyer must reside in the new home for a minimum of two years immediately following the purchase date.
Qualified Buyers…
A taxpayer who purchases a single-family residence, whether detached or attached, that has never been occupied, that is purchased to be the principal residence of the taxpayer for a minimum of two years, and that is eligible for the homeowner’s exemption under California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 218.
Qualified Principal Residence/New Home…
A qualified principal residence means a single-family residence, whether detached or attached, that has never been occupied and is purchased to be the principal residence of the taxpayer for a minimum of two years and is eligible for the property tax homeowner’s exemption.
Quotes from BusinessWeek…
For full Business Week article, click here…
Says Layne Marceau, President Of Shea Homes’ Northern California Division…
This is something that our industry has been desiring to have for quite some time…” “… homebuilding is an economic engine. The whole intent here is to stimulate sales activity, the ability to start housing projects again, get the state economic engine moving again. We believe the housing industry is the catalyst to do that.”
Senior VP for Government Affairs for The California Building Industry Association, Tim Coyle states…
“Already, With The News Of This Tax Credit Being Authorized, We’re Beginning To See Interest.” “What we’ve been missing in the market place for the last couple of years are people … Already, with the news of this tax credit being authorized, we’re beginning to see interest among those people who we desperately need to have confidence to return back to housing markets where they haven’t been for so long. We think this tax credit will do that.”
“Back in 1975, the U.S. Congress enacted a tax credit identical to this one and it worked. It stimulated sales, doubled sales within a year.”
San Juan Capistrano Proposal for Levee Protection/ Public Invited…
March 11, 2009
The City of San Juan Capistrano has invited the public, on March 31, to attend a presentation regarding proposed flood control improvements to San Juan Creek and Trabuco Creek Channels. The presentation, hosted by the Orange County Public Works Department, will take place at 7 p.m. at…
San Juan Capistrano Community Center
25925 Camino del Avion
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting and learn more about the second and third phases of the proposed San Juan Creek and Trabuco Creek Channels Levee Protection Project. Discussion will focus on flood control levee stability; proposed steel sheet piling on the east and west embankments; and a temporary bikeway closure.
For more information, call project engineer Giatho Tran at 714-834-6042.