In 1975 Terra Linda residents, with a 76 percent "yes" vote, established a community services area with a $1,150,000 bond issue to purchase open space properties.
These funds were combined with $500,000 from the 1972 San Rafael bond and $500,000 from the Open Space District to buy the Nunes, Freitas, de Long and Turski lands, the semi-circle of ridges around Terra Linda.