We are officially ready to fund raise and the kick off for this event is Saturday, April 9th from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. It’s a picnic breakfast, brunch, lunch fund raiser in the meadow by the ranch house in Franklin Canyon.  Bring your own food and/or bring food to share, whatever you like.  Picnic and then hike or hike and then picnic. Come early if it looks like it will be a hot day, come late if it’s cool. Bring your happy selves and your guitar or your harpsichord and your checkbook.  If you can’t make it, send your check with someone who can.  Make it out to Stephen Jones.  His credentials and information follow.

Land Use Attorney Stephen Jones has consulted with us pro bono to this point and is ready to proceed as we have a strong case for ‘Implied Dedication to Public Use.’  (Thank you to those who have come forward with information regarding use of the Hastain Trail from the mid 1960’s to 1972.)  Stephen Jones will continue to work for us at half his normal rate and comes highly recommended.

Mr. Jones’s current information is as follows;

Stephen L. Jones (St. Bar No. 71383)

Overton, Lyman & Prince, LLP

500 South Grand Ave., 19th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Tele. (213) 683-5373

Fax. (213) 627-7795

Background:    Presently involved in major easement dispute in Malibu

1999-2000  Represented Benedict Canyon Homeowners in defeating

an oversized project.

1976-1983  Atty. with Latham and Watkins  (Land Use and Real Estate

Litigation)

1976 JD from University of Michigan

1967-1969  Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies

1967 PHD in Mathematics from University of Wisconsin

Fun Information:  Stephen Jones has been a U.S. Chess Master since 1962.  He was

the U.S. Senior Chess Champion in 2002 and has held

miscellaneous titles in between.

Pertinent quote: Don Loze of the Benedict Canyon Homeowners Association referred to

Mr. Jones as, “…the best Land Use Attorney in the city… an expert

litigator.”