The September 2004, monthly meeting was action-packed and controversial. All of the City Council candidates, as well as other local and state political offices, had been invited to speak. Council candidates Herb Katz, Michael Feinstein, Matt Dinolfo, Ken Genser, and Jonathan Mann showed up, discussed issues and answered questions directed to them by ACTION members. Heather Peters, running for the 41st Assembly District and Tonja McCoy, a candidate for Board of Trustees for S.M. College, also spoke. The meeting was very well received and our members were very respectful to all candidates even though we are aware how tenant-biased and so disrespectful of private property owner rights some ot them are.

Prior to the Candidate portion of the meeting, William Patterson. Financial Consultant and President of GPG, LLC. presented our members with a senior settlement insurance program by which he said qualified participants can reap large monetary rewards.
The October meeting featured Polly Benson Brown, who had done a tremendous amount of research on the pros and cons of all the November ballot propositions. Our members gained much valuable information aiding them in making intelligent choices.

City Council Candidates Kathryn Morea and Bobbie Shriver did excellent presentations and answered innumerable questions from our astute and inquisitive members.

Jim Jacobson’s presentation of the Janice Nishida’s Regulation 3304 was, as usual, amusing and informative. He will write more about that in next month’s Rent Board Stories.

Plan on attending the next meeting, and bring a friend.