Yokohl Ranch, California
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Yokohl Ranch, California was a proposed
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in an unincorporated area of
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. It would have been located in the
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foothills, east of
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and 30 miles west of
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. The J.G. Boswell Company (Yokohl Ranch Company LLC) would have developed the new town in phases over 25 to 30 years if approved, but was eventually foiled. The Yokohl Ranch Proposal included a mixed-use Town Center, healthcare facilities, 10,000 homes for 30,000 people, new public schools, fire and police stations, resort lodge, 3 golf courses, a water reclamation plant, reservoir, recreation center, parks, trails, and employment center. Approximately 70% of the land would have remained undeveloped.


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*Yokohl Ranch.co
(archived at the Wayback Machine)Save Yokohl Valley.orgTulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth » History
Proposed planned communities in California Tulare County, California Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States)