Sorry, but 60 acres is not a ranch. That isn’t even a ranchette.
it is still a farm.
Farmers in California have few if any water restrictions.
A ranchito?
By the way, 60 acres is a ranch, if you only have 6 acres. Or .6 of an acre. 60 Acres is a ranchette if you have several hundreds or several thousand acres. To me, it qualifies as a ranch.
“Sorry, but 60 acres is not a ranch. That isn’t even a ranchette.”
Well maybe not, but 60 acres of Avocados is a very big deal. I worked for a guy who lived in the hills above Santa Barbara. When he moved there, he planted Avocados. In five years they were paying all his living expenses for a home, guest house and 25 acres. Plus he got to put the land in a ten year agricultural preserve which substantially lowered his property taxes.
He’s doing it to dodge taxing...basically gentleman farming