Message from the LCPG Chair
Welcome!
Welcome to the Lakeside Community Planning Group webpage!
About the Lakeside Community Planning Group
The Lakeside Community Planning Group is an elected body that acts in an advisory capacity to the Department of Planning & Development Services (PDS), the Planning Commission, the Board of Supervisors and other County departments. The Planning Group's recommendations are advisory only and are not binding on the County of San Diego.
As a volunteer group of residents, our first concern is working with the community to maintain the history and character of the Lakeside. We understand that while development is necessary and an inevitable part of life, we hope to keep the character of Lakeside in tact while allowing for progress in our community.
Your feedback and input is important to us! We invite you to attend our monthly meetings, held at the Lakeside Community Center, to have your voice heard. Listening to community input is an important part of our jobs as Group Members. Together, we can continue to support our town's residents, local businesses, and visitors.
If you have any concerns, questions, or input, please email me at [email protected]
Thank you for your support!
Carol Hake, Chair
About Lakeside
The Community of Lakeside is located in the western foothills of the Cuyamaca Mountains on the San Diego River about 21 miles east of downtown San Diego. Six thousand six-hundred (6,600) acres of the Rancho El Cajon land grant were purchased by the El Cajon Valley Land Company in 1886. The company mapped the area as a townsite, naming it Lakeside after Lindo Lake which is located near the Town Center.
At the time the El Cajon Valley Land Company began to promote Lakeside as a town site in 1886, there were few inhabitants in the area. It was 1859 when the Ames family moved into the Los Coches area. There was the Pedrorena Rancho near what is now the center of town. In 1869, the Ferry Ranch house was constructed in Lakeside Farms and the Ben Hill house was built on what is now Willow Road and Wildcat Canyon Road. Other ranchers moved into the area — the Kuhner’s in 1881, the Philbrooks in the early 1880’s. Although construction of the Flume was in progress in 1883, it wasn’t completed until 1889 and the only means for watering gardens and small orchards was windmills.
Lakeside was essentially a rural community until the 1950s, when growth began to surge. Lakeside's rural atmosphere was very attractive to those seeking escape from the more densely settled areas of central San Diego; and, with the completion of Interstate 8, convenient access was provided to the employment centers to the west. The resulting suburbanization of Lakeside became a prime concern of the residents and in 1970 the Board of Supervisors approved creation of the Lakeside Community Planning Group.
The desire to maintain a rural type of lifestyle has affected the way in which Lakeside has developed. A considerable amount of small-scale farming still exists in the community and many homes in the residential areas of Lakeside have small horse corrals evidencing a relatively high degree of horse ownership. Maintaining and enhancing the rural imagery of the area would be an important consideration for those wishing to develop in Lakeside.
For more information about Lakeside and its history, visit the Lakeside Historical Society's webpage at http://lakesidehistory.org/.
About the Lakeside Community Planning Group
The Lakeside Community Planning Group is an elected body that acts in an advisory capacity to the Department of Planning & Development Services (PDS), the Planning Commission, the Board of Supervisors and other County departments. The Planning Group's recommendations are advisory only and are not binding on the County of San Diego.
As a volunteer group of residents, our first concern is working with the community to maintain the history and character of the Lakeside. We understand that while development is necessary and an inevitable part of life, we hope to keep the character of Lakeside in tact while allowing for progress in our community.
Your feedback and input is important to us! We invite you to attend our monthly meetings, held at the Lakeside Community Center, to have your voice heard. Listening to community input is an important part of our jobs as Group Members. Together, we can continue to support our town's residents, local businesses, and visitors.
If you have any concerns, questions, or input, please email me at [email protected]
Thank you for your support!
Carol Hake, Chair
About Lakeside
The Community of Lakeside is located in the western foothills of the Cuyamaca Mountains on the San Diego River about 21 miles east of downtown San Diego. Six thousand six-hundred (6,600) acres of the Rancho El Cajon land grant were purchased by the El Cajon Valley Land Company in 1886. The company mapped the area as a townsite, naming it Lakeside after Lindo Lake which is located near the Town Center.
At the time the El Cajon Valley Land Company began to promote Lakeside as a town site in 1886, there were few inhabitants in the area. It was 1859 when the Ames family moved into the Los Coches area. There was the Pedrorena Rancho near what is now the center of town. In 1869, the Ferry Ranch house was constructed in Lakeside Farms and the Ben Hill house was built on what is now Willow Road and Wildcat Canyon Road. Other ranchers moved into the area — the Kuhner’s in 1881, the Philbrooks in the early 1880’s. Although construction of the Flume was in progress in 1883, it wasn’t completed until 1889 and the only means for watering gardens and small orchards was windmills.
Lakeside was essentially a rural community until the 1950s, when growth began to surge. Lakeside's rural atmosphere was very attractive to those seeking escape from the more densely settled areas of central San Diego; and, with the completion of Interstate 8, convenient access was provided to the employment centers to the west. The resulting suburbanization of Lakeside became a prime concern of the residents and in 1970 the Board of Supervisors approved creation of the Lakeside Community Planning Group.
The desire to maintain a rural type of lifestyle has affected the way in which Lakeside has developed. A considerable amount of small-scale farming still exists in the community and many homes in the residential areas of Lakeside have small horse corrals evidencing a relatively high degree of horse ownership. Maintaining and enhancing the rural imagery of the area would be an important consideration for those wishing to develop in Lakeside.
For more information about Lakeside and its history, visit the Lakeside Historical Society's webpage at http://lakesidehistory.org/.