The Save Rio Bravo plan
California private clubs are commonly organized as nonprofit mutual-benefit corporations. Rio Bravo neighbors already used that structure in 2017. This plan assumes the whole neighborhood shows up, with counsel, and treats foreclosure as a buying window — not a wake.
01
Form a California nonprofit mutual-benefit corporation or member-owned LLC. Elect a small steering committee with a treasurer, a counsel lead, and a neighborhood captain for each street.
02
Pull title, recorded liens, and the foreclosure notices. We need the note amount, the noteholder, any tax liens, and whether a trustee’s sale is set.
03
Two pots of money. Small donations pay lawyers, an appraisal, and a course-condition walk. Larger capital pledges — conditional on a real deal — show a bank and a noteholder that 200 households can close.
04
A neighbor bid that pays off secured debt and keeps the land as a golf course/open space is often more attractive than a speculative subdivision fight with 200 adjacent owners.
05
Put a conservation or open-space covenant on the golf parcels so the next crisis cannot turn fairways into lots.
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