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Jon Gabel’s letter in the November 3, 2018, issue, raises good points regarding the reconfiguration of traffic on our neigh- borhood’s stretch of Broadway. As Gabel notes, the City clearly “did not assess the impact of the change on travel times, fu...

— Jon Gabel, former RCPC Board Member

Jon Gabel Stuart Flashman Annette Floystrup Melinda H. Frey Chris Walters

Jon Gabel Ocean View Dr. When I first ran for the RCPC board two years ago, my platform was “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That statement is still – perhaps more — true today. To us, our neighborhood is a wonderful place to live. To some others,...

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A book review by Jon Gabel Rail lines and East Bay urban growth have been intertwined from the first subdivisions. Development of a compre- hensive transit system was set back with the dismantling of the Key System in the late 1950s and early ’60s. ‘K ey System Stre...

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by Jon Gabel, past RCPC Board member. April, 2008 — April, 2012

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by Jon Gabel, 43-year Rockridge resident

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Enforcement Is a Structural Problem by Jon Gabel, Former RCPC Board Member

By Jon Gabel

by Jon Gabel, former RCPC boardmember I have obtained cost and revenue data for Oakland’s Residential Permit Parking (RPP) program by means of a Public Information Request. This data is for the fiscal years 2011-2012 through 2014-2015 and is summarized...

By Jon Gabel

by Jon Gabel and Annette Floystrup, co-chairs, Rockridge DVD Project The Oakland Public Library (OPL) has announced that DVDs can now be requested from any branch of the Library and delivered to the branch of your choice. Up to now, only books could be...

By Jon Gabel

by Jon Gabel & Annette Floystrup, Co-Chairs, Rockridge DVD Project The Rockridge DVD Project has been completed. All of the DVDs rescued when the former Videots video rental store in Berkeley’s Elmwood District closed have been catalogued and delivered...

By Jon Gabel

...uter area. DVDs now occupy both sides of a full aisle in the stacks, and the enlarged DVD collection has proven very popular with patrons. The success of the Rockridge DVD Project has inspired other Oakland branch libraries to expand their Jon Gabel and Annette Floystrup in the well-stocked DVD aisle at the Rockridge Branch Library. /Don Kinkead DVD collections, and librarians report that the DVDs are bringing in new patrons who come for the DVDs, but stay for the books.

By Jon Gabel

Photo: D. Kinkead Library Offers Big Boost to Rockridge DVD Project by Jon Gabel, co-chair, Rockridge DVD Project A n ew a g r e e m e nt between the Oakland Public Library (OPL) and the Rockridge DVD Project that accepts a potential change in policy by OPL has resulted in the library’s willingness to pay all the costs...

By Jon Gabel

Boost to Rockridge DVD Project by Jon Gabel, co-chair, Rockridge DVD Project A n ew a g r e e m e n t between the Oakland Public Library (OPL) and the Rockridge dVd Project that accepts a potential change in policy by OPL has resulted in the library’s willingness to pay all the cost...

By Jon Gabel

by Jon Gabel, project co-chair The Rockridge DVD Project continues to receive donations which, as of this writing, total over $6,000 - thank you all! The running total of the donations and donors’ names can be found at www.Rock- ridgeDvdProject.org (cl...

By Jon Gabel

➧➧Tunnel Mitigations, page 4 by Jon Gabel, RCPC boardmember The Rockridge Branch Library was the focus of the November RCPC Town Hall meeting. Head Librarian Pat Lichter and

By Jon Gabel

by Jon Gabel, boardmember, RCPC The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on January 5 to raise Residential Permit Parking (RPP) renewal fees from $20 to $35 per year. The vote was calendared as a consent item, defined as “any action item that a subje...

By Jon Gabel

...posed changes to the RPP program’s administration have been released to the public.” No written reply to this letter was received from any councilmember. At the January 5 Council meeting, in response to a statement read by RCPC boardmember Jon Gabel, Council President Jane Brunner, who represents Rockridge, commented that the RPP program costs $188,000 per year; that there are more than 4,000 permits; and that the fee increase is intended to

By Jon Gabel

by Jon Gabel, boardmember, RCPC In October, 2008, when the city of Oakland considered raising Residential Permit Parking (RPP) fees, it circulated an analysis of that program’s cost, held meetings with the community, and advertised the City Council mee...

... to know that the measured noise levels in most of Rockridge are below the threshold required for soundwall construction. For details on this and links to lots of relevant sources of information, please visit www.RockridgeSoundwalls.org. — Jon Gabel, Rockridge resident Ed. Note: The Oakland settlement money [The Rockridge News: May, 2011, page 5] provides funds for the more detailed and accurate soundwall studies mentioned in Wolfe’s response. LUCY ARMENTROUT Editor’s Note: On his web...

By Annette Floystrup RCPC

...new collection. Friends of the Rockridge Library (FORL) are kicking off the $32,000 fundraising effort with a $500 donation toward the purchase of security cases. Watch for the coming fundraising cam- paign to learn how you, too, can help. Jon Gabel contributed to this article Oakland Public Library staff work hard at sorting DVDs. They are, from left, Gay Ducey, Susy Moorhead, Eve Buckner, and Randy McDevitt-Parks. Photo: Jon Gabel for the Rockridge Branch Library. Videots, long a mo...

...chter and Teen Specialist Librarian Susy Moorhead will discuss the construction slated to start early next year, which will create a Teen Center. There will also be more shelves for DVDs and a new computer area. Then, Annette Floystrup and Jon Gabel, co-chairs of the Rockridge DVD Project, will give an update on the status of this project to fill the coming increased DVD shelf space. Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College Avenue at Manila, Community Room (Upstairs) November 8 — Notice...

Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, Michael Kan, Jennifer Kaplan, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send yo...

Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Katy Taylor, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Advance Ticket Order Form Save me a spot for the 2009 Rockridge Kitchen Tou...

By Bob Brokl

Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org main campus of Children’s Hospital) The owner reconsidered condos, and bea...

...ent R-1 zoning to build large market-rate apartments in Rockridge would benefit real estate developers and speculators, but not those who need affordable housing. EDITOR: Thanks to The Rockridge News for one last opportunity to engage with Jon Gabel on the issue of housing affordability and the part that our neighborhood can play in address- ing the issue. I trust that after this, we will give other readers a chance to weigh in on this important topic. Mr. Gabel argues in his latest l...

...hank you both for your hard work and dedication to the RCPC. n LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Some Housing is Better Than None by Leonora Sea, RCPC Chair F Rockridge Community Planning Council — Land Use Committee Meeting EDITOR: I was happy to see Jon Gabel’s response to my article in the June issue of The Rockridge News, “Housing in Rockridge: Affordable Only or Market Rate Too?” because I had intended the article to spur discussion. However, Mr. Gabel mis- understood my argument. First let’...

...t to do anything about this problem, call 238-3099 and ask for an officer to come out. Maybe if enough people call, they will enforce the parking rules and we will be better served. — Michael Reardon Permit Parking System is Broken Editor: Jon Gabel is to be commended for his opinion piece and research into the broken Rockridge permit parking system reported in the September issue of The Rockridge News. He clarifies, by analyzing the shifts of the parking officers, why few non-permitt...

...incorrect as to renewing online. It was not a simple and clear process.) Hmmm, so really someone should be looking into this, but that’s exactly what Mr. Gabel said nearly six months ago. Parking Permit Program Editor: I read with interest Jon Gabel’s letter to the Rockridge News in the December issue. Thereafter, each month I have waited for the response, as well as further information, from Dan Kalb’s office regarding the actual revenues from parking permit sales and the

...am Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Douglas Oliver, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org ■ ■First elected to the RCPC board of directors in April 2008, retiring member Jon Gabel was reelected in 2010, completing four years of service. Declaring at the time of his election, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Jon’s goal in board membership was to Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send

...l need to write grant applications and communicate with potential donors. We will be contacting members of the film industry in the Bay Area and beyond, as well as locally represented corporations. If this sounds interesting to you, e-mail Jon Gabel at JGabel@RockridgeDvdPro- ject.org (no hyphen in link address).

By Stuart Flashman

Responding to a request for public informa- tion on the Residential Permit Parking Program (RPP), Assistant City Auditor Yiaway Yeh and Deputy City Auditor II Melanie Nuni met with RCPC board member Jon Gabel and Don Kinkead, editor of The Rockridge News. The Auditor’s Office sup- plied a number of documents used to prepare the Interim Performance Audit Report on the RPP Program that was released last May. As previously reported in The Rockridg...

By Annette Floystrup RCPC

Follow our progress on FACEBOOK through the GROUP, Rockridge Community Planning Council. by Annette Floystrup RCPC board When Rockridge resident and RCPC board member Jon Gabel learned that Videots, the specialty video rental store in Berkeley’s Elmwood district, was closing and selling its stock of 10,000 DVDs, he immediately realized the potential benefit what was now called the Rockridge DVD Project and librar...

By Mark Aaronson

if there are any more potentially controversial aspects of the JCC project that are being kept from the community. Jon Gabel, Former RCPC Board Member Ocean View Drive n

... www.oaklandlibrary.org/events. The next meeting will be held on January 17, 2024, on Zoom Meetings are now being held at 7:30pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. To participate, or to request links to this or any previous meeting, email Jon Gabel Ocean View Drive n landuse@rockridge.org.

it to: editor@rockridge.org. Jon Gabel Ocean View Drive

...Ridge Phase 2: A Need for Action EDITOR: External political influence on board elections for our small neighborhood 501c(3) organization by outside politicians such as Schaaf, Skin- ner and Wicks is not appropriate or welcomed as stated by Jon Gabel in his Letter to the Editor (Rockridge News, July 2021). These politicians staunchly support removal of R1 zoning for Rockridge (and for the entire state) to destroy the integrity of cohesive neigh- borhoods such as Rockridge. As has been ...

...y July to discuss a strategy, per our settlement agree- ment, and submit our request to Oakland’s Planning and Zoning Director who has the authority to override Safeway’s objections and approve the project. n Alfred Crofts and Robert Brokl Jon Gabel, former RCPC Board Member The opinions represented in the Letters to the Editor do not necessarily reflect the views of the Rockridge News, the Rockridge Community Planning Council, or the RCPC Board of Directors.

...rticle, so, I have created a website, www.Pre- serveRockridge.com, in an effort to present my findings to the public. Your comments are invited, please email them to Info@ PreserveRockridge.com (you can find this link on the website, too). Jon Gabel 45-year Rockridge resident, former RCPC Board Member Note from RCPC The Rockridge News and the Rockridge Community Planning Coucil (RCPC) are not respon- sible for the content of external websites. No endorsement is implied by links or ref...

Rockridge Community Planning Council — 2019 Finanical Statement RCPC CANDIDATES Casey Farmer David Garcia Leonora Sea Robin McDonnell Annette Floystrup Barbara Dunne Brett Moyer Diana Mitchell-Chavez Emily Hirschman Jon Gabel Ken Rich Kirk E. Peterson Matt Shintaku Peretz Partensky Travis J. Henry Warren Wells Andrew Martinez RCPC General Fund Income Contributions $1,235.00 Rockridge News $37,818.00 Kitchen Tour $10,878.49 Interest Income $23.47 Merchandise Sal...

... the way it was before, with two lanes in each direction. Wlad. Wlassowsky, Assistant Director, Department of Transportation, and Consultant Victoria Eisen are the parties responsible for this situation. Please direct complaints to them. — Jon Gabel appear with your letter. Letters may be edited for clarity and brevity at the editor’s discretion. Views expressed in

...or: Problematic Improvements the other projects, which are for public, not private, benefit. I also ask Rockridge residents to contact Victoria Eisen, who is coordinating public input on Caldecott projects, and let her know your opinion. — Jon Gabel The topic for the RCPC Town Hall meeting of April 19 was an update on the status of Caldecott Tunnel Settlement projects. A common complaint voiced by attendees was the escalating costs of some projects already approved. There may not be s...

CouNCILMEMBER DaN KALB RESPONDS TO A LETTER TO THE EDITOR FROM JON GABEL, APPEARING IN THE RockripGce News, SepTemBer 2016.

Summary of Information Request Results for RPP Costs from the City of Oakland Prepared by Jon Gabel

...id for by the public. I don’t think that private businesses should be subsidized with Caldecott Settlement funds. I hope that the newly created sidewalk areas will be designated for public use only when the Council approves this project. — Jon Gabel Letters from page 8 indeed shuttered and boarded up storefronts. (I’ve seen the photos.) It’s possible Rockridge would have recovered without any RCPC. It’s possible that if BART, the city government,

... to the most recent increase, information such as that brought forward here could have been presented to the Council. It appears to me that a fast one was pulled on those of us who need RPP just to be able to drive to and from our homes. — Jon Gabel, former RCPC Board Member NIMBYism or Advocacy? Editor’s Note: Prior to the publication of his letter in The Rockridge News, Mr. Barg reported to the editor that he and Stuart Flashman had chatted via email and that Mr. Barg found Flashman...

helping keep our firehouse open my biggest personal contribution.” Most recently, she worked with then- RCPC boardmember Jon Gabel to place 2,800 additional DVDs in the Rockridge Library collection through the Rockridge DVD Project. “We figured people would come for the DVDs and stay for the books, Soundwall Study Petitions Due from page 2 the author at stuflash@aol.c...

Chair Emeritus, Stuart Flashman. The board also chose John Gussman, the board’s legal advisor, as RCPC historian. Two long-serving members left the board as their terms ended. Jon Gabel finished his second term and opted not to run for re-election. Annette Floystrup, after three terms on the board, was termed out. (RCPC’s bylaws limit board members to three successive elected terms.) Each departing board member served lon...

...ects.” One of the authors whose writing for the biennial RCPC Kitchen Tour booklet helped bring tour kitchens alive for tour guests over the years, Annette shouldered other duties as well. Most recently she worked with retiring boardmember Jon Gabel in the purchase and preparation of more than 3,000 DVDs to stock the Rockridge Branch Library in a project sponsored by RCPC. It was a fitting coda for a career of community service: Annette had played pivotal roles in the 11-year communit...

...your letter. Letters may be edited for clarity and brevity at the editor’s discretion. Views expressed in any letter are the writer’s own, and may not necessarily be shared by the editor, or by RCPC. ‘A Storied Establishment Recognized’ by Jon Gabel, RCPC board member In response to the story on Residential Permit Parking (RPP) costs and revenues published in the November, 2011 Rockridge News, several readers asked for the same data on street sweeping. Here is that data for fiscal yea...

the latter, not on the former. — Jon Gabel Your recent Op/Ed essay entitled “Is the ‘Occupy’ Movement Relevant to Rockridge?” [The Rockridge News, Decem- ber 2011] was interesting. However, another question is whether Rockridge is relevant to the Occupy movement? Actually, the Occu...

...mong the business community in the 1 percent. My own participation in several Occupy events, both in Oakland and in San Francisco, has certainly inspired me. I hope the Occupy movement will inspire other Rockridge neighbors to continue our Jon Gabel points up the cost of the police response to the Occupy Oakland movement. The cost was high and unfortunate. Whether it could have been less is difficult to say. Yet the First Amendment right “of the people to peaceably assemble, and to pe...

...ck captain?  Would you like to write a letter to the Editor? Contact us at one of the following: Editor: editor@rockridge.org www.rockridge.org The Rockridge News, 4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611 RCPC Voice-mail: 510/869-4200 by Jon Gabel, co-chair, Rockridge DVD Project Fundraising for the Rockridge DVD Project has achieved $9,370 of its $13,000 goal. Thanks to every- one who has made a donation! Two-thirds of the DVDs, rescued last year from the former Videot’s video rent...

...on to the DVD Proj- ect, you will receive a letter offering to return your donation if this new arrangement is not acceptable to you. RCPC, which provides fiscal sponsorship for the DVD Project, and project co-chairs, Annette Floystrup and Jon Gabel, approved the change and encourage donors to stay the course. By reducing costs, this agreement will place the DVDs in the Rockridge branch sooner. Go to www.RockridgeDvdProject.org for details on the new agreement and for information on h...

... is now the teen section. Other library areas will remain as they are but with better lighting upstairs in the balcony, which will continue to function as the wi-fi area. Library Plans The Rockridge DVD Project Following this presentation, Jon Gabel, co-chair of the Rockridge DVD Project, reported on fund-raising progress to fill the expanded DVD shelves. For more about this project, and to learn how to make your donation, see page 7. You can also visit www.rockridgedvdproject.org for...

...chter and Teen Specialist Librarian Susy Moorhead will discuss the construction slated to start early next year, which will create a Teen Center. There will also be more shelves for DVDs and a new computer area. Then, Annette Floystrup and Jon Gabel, co-chairs of the Rockridge DVD Project, will give an update on the status of this project to fill the coming increased DVD shelf space. Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College Avenue at Manila, Community Room (Upstairs) Halloween November ...

...ng from construction of the added tunnel. The Oakland settlement agreement includes what Caltrans should have done in Rockridge. These projects will be reviewed and discussed at a public meeting November 8. See details, page 2. College Ave Jon Gabel and Annette Floystrup, Rockridge DVD project co-chairs, left, and Rockridge Branch Library Manager Pat Lichter join in solid support of the project that will supply 2,800 DVDs for circulation to library patrons when the project is complete...

...66 College Avenue 597-5017 HOURS: Mon, Tues: Weds, Thurs, Sat: Friday: Sunday: Library program details: See Calendar, page 15. 12:30 – 8 p.m. 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 12 – 5:30 p.m. CLOSED CLOSED: Sunday and Monday; also 8/13, 9/7, 9/9, 9/10 by Jon Gabel, RCPC boardmember Called for by the City Council more than a year-and-a-half ago, the final Performance Audit of the Residential Permit Parking (RPP) Program was released in June by Oakland City Auditor Courtney A. Ruby. The document, cons...

...hat the City subsidized approximately $85,000 in Area B RPP sales.”  From “Management Systems: Weak Management Systems for the Residential Parking Permit Program Resulted in Operational Inefficiencies and Uncol- Automation Comes to RPP by Jon Gabel, RCPC boardmember At its monthly meeting on June 23 in Oakland City Hall, the Oakland Merchants Leadership Forum (OMLF) presented several speakers, some of whom addressed

By Stuart Flashman

... businesses would not need any extra license to offer live music, and almost all would fall under the “small cabaret” program. At the Council’s first reading of the ordinance on April 20, RCPC and the Pied- Progess: Permit Parking Audit by Jon Gabel, RCPC boardmember

to the organization. Voting at the April 8 RCPC annual meet- ing and the following Saturday, Rockridge residents re-elected current board members Annette Floystrup (29 votes), Jon Gabel (27 votes), and Stuart Flashman (28 votes), and newly elected Melinda Frey (36 votes) and Chris Walters (27 votes). Chris and Melinda are attorneys, although Melinda is not practicing. Melinda’s interest is public safety issues, while Chri...

By PSO Officer Chew

...B 311 • Oakland, CA 94618 • 869-4200 RCPC Board Candidates to Address March Meeting RCPC Town Hall Meeting ☛ AGENDA March 2010 Thursday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College Avenue at Manila, Community Room (Upstairs) Jon Gabel Stuart Flashman Annette Floystrup Melinda H. Frey Chris Walters Ride for a Reason: California Education ■ ■Zoning■Changes: For the past two years, Oakland’s planning staff has been working on rewriting the city’s 50-year-old zoning ordinan...

...n the neighborhood. Have you registered for your copy of the e-News? See page 11 for an explanation of the e-News program and details on how to sign up. — Editor, The Rockridge News Council Committee Revises Proposed Permit Parking Fees by Jon Gabel and Don Kinkead When news that the City was considering an increase in Residen- tial Permit Parking (RPP) fees was announced at a meeting the City held in February 2008, many program participants were outraged to learn that the overall inc...

Street sweeping report by Jon Gabel.

I am interested in hearing from readers about this. If you have seen any particular company trimming more that four feet from a tree, please let me know the details. Contact Jonathan Gabel, 5800 Ocean View Drive, Oakland, 94618; 653-8879; e-mail: jongabel@rcn.com.

project ends October 14 (see Rockridge.org). Send comments to Victoria Eisen: victoria@ eisenletunic.com or 510/525-0220. Caldecott Projects ➧➧A Tradition of Service, from pg 10 Danica Truchlikova Margaret Wahlberg Stuart Flashman Jonathan Gabel Joan Martin Doug Patton Katy Taylor Jason Burke Colby Lavin Bill Kaufner Andrew Charman Ruth Miller Ann Winterman Cesar Angobaldo Michael Kan Jennifer Kaplan Melinda Frey Alex Naughton Ashley Etling Robert Orenstein Matthew Edling Chr...

...2013 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ��������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup �������������At-Large Exec Comm. Christopher Chin, Jonathan Gabel, James Kachelmeyer, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Laura Schlichtmann, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org field nearby, Fr. Mark saw a foundation for ...

Andrew Charman ��������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup �������������At-Large Exec Comm. Christopher Chin, Jonathan Gabel, James Kachelmeyer, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Laura Schlichtmann, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The...

By Robert Brokl

...2013 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ��������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup �������������At-Large Exec Comm. Christopher Chin, Jonathan Gabel, James Kachelmeyer, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Laura Schlichtmann, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The...

...2013 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ��������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup �������������At-Large Exec Comm. Christopher Chin, Jonathan Gabel, James Kachelmeyer, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org B o b F r a n k l i n , BART District 3 boardmember and Rockridge resident, pictured with newly- bui...

By Jonathan Gabel

by Jonathan Gabel, RCPC boardmember The city of Oakland’s Residential Permit Parking (RPP) program enables residents to purchase permits that allow them unrestricted on-street parking in their own neighborhood (not counting street sweeping days). Prior...

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...uart Flashman �����������������Chair Ashley Etling �����������������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Andrew Charman ��������������At-Large Exec Comm. Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Pharmacist John Gelinas /D. Kinkead Rockridge – Chimes – Rockridge: What’s in a Nam...

...uart Flashman �����������������Chair Ashley Etling �����������������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Andrew Charman ��������������At-Large Exec Comm. Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Report: June Town Hall Meeting Continues ‘Land Use for the Rest of Us’ R CPC’s June...

By Carol Strickman

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...out RCPC Board of Directors, 2010-2011 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ���������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Ashley Etling, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org ■ ■City workers will face furloughs, pension cuts, and increased health care costs....

...out RCPC Board of Directors, 2010-2011 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ���������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Ashley Etling, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send

Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ���������������Vice-Chair Michael Kan ������������������������Secretary Cesar Angobaldo ���������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Ashley Etling, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Alex Naughton, Ronnie Spitzer, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Café Rustica, various incarnations of frozen yogurt shops, and Barclay’s Pub, where...