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Bookkeeping and payroll in Santa Margarita
Vineyards, grazing and development activity need distinct records even when they share land.
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Ranch acreage and agricultural cost centers
Vineyards, grazing and development activity need distinct records even when they share land. Tag fencing, water, equipment and outside labor to the activity that used them. Keeping property work separate from crop operating costs gives an owner and CPA a more useful starting point for reviewing the ranch accounts.
- Santa Margarita Ranch agricultural residential cluster subdivision: about 6,050 acres into 111 clustered lots, with about 3,633 acres in agricultural conservation easements; existing uses include vineyards and grazing.
Sources: ceqanet.lci.ca.gov: ranch acreage and agricultural cost centers
Yerba Buena Creek access and a completed bridge
A trail estimate and a completed bridge belong in different parts of a contractor's planning file. Use the trail information to understand the proposed scope, then base cash commitments on actual contract documents. For finished bridge work, reconcile supplier balances and remaining customer receivables before archiving the project ledger.
- Yerba Buena Creek Trail: 2.75-mile trail between Santa Margarita and Garden Farms connecting to the community park and Santa Margarita Elementary. Amount recorded: $7,000,000 total estimate ($3,146,800 CA Natural Resources Agency grant). Source status (2026): FY 2026-27 CIP; completion FY 2027-28. Agency: County of San Luis Obispo (Parks).
- El Camino Real at Santa Margarita Creek bridge replacement (three-lane concrete bridge). Amount recorded: $10,175,681 total cost. Source status (2025): Listed as completed in calendar 2025. Agency: County of San Luis Obispo Public Works.
Sources: slocounty.ca.gov: yerba Buena Creek access and a completed bridge
Local population and how we meet
Santa Margarita's population is 1,149 (ACS 2024).
Santa Margarita is about 7.8 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office.
Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance
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