Category Archives: Pacific Grove

96-Year-Old Forest Hill Manor Tennant Gets To Stay

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A lifetime deal is for the lifetime of the resident. See story from August.

Forest Hill Manor

Fourteen days after issuing the eviction notice, two Pacific Grove Senior Living officials informed Jean in person that “she would not be evicted and there would be paperwork coming to assure her of that fact,” according to friend Bob Sadler. In a letter to Jacques and other residents, Sanchez claimed that “there was never a decision to evict Ms. Jacques,” and that the Aug. 16 “three-day notice to pay or quit” from facility owner  Pacifica Senior Living was merely to inform the elderly resident that “it was now time to start seeking government subsidies to help her pay her expenses.”

96-Year-Old Forest Hill Manor Tennant Gets To Stay

LULAC Suit Changes Council Elections In P.G.

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DEI driven, no doubt.

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“Realistically, there’s almost no way we can win” if the city is sued for refusing to change to district elections, councilwoman Lori McDonnell said.
Since 2022, the League of United Latin American Citizens has pushed P.G. to make the change to avoid violating the California Voting Rights Act, and on Aug. 23, the group sent a certified letter to the city formally requesting it go to district elections while also requesting it adopt a resolution to do so within 45 days and adopt an ordinance  establishing districts within 90 days.

LULAC Suit Changes Council Elections In P.G.

One Person Debate For Mayor

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So is there something fishy in the works? Are the other two candidates so sure of winning that the feel no need to attend? Ballot harvesting?

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Candidates forum at the Monarch Pines Resort in Pacific Grove Aug. 27 offered a  platform for three would-be mayors to express their views on a wide variety of topics  that impact the town — but only one, Dan Miller, showed up. Miller is running against Nick Smith and Dionne Ybarra. With about 50 people in the audience, Miller fielded
questions from Peggy Gibbs of Leadership Pacific Grove, which co-sponsored the event, and author and economist Francois Melese.
A lifelong resident of Pacific Grove, Miller served six years as a city councilmember and three years as a planning commissioner. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor against Bill Kampe in 2016. At the forum, he was asked why he’s running again. “I’m running for mayor because I wasn’t wild about the other two people who are running,” Miller said. “We have a dearth of good candidates.”

One Person Debate For Mayor

City Council Changes

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Less people on council and districts?

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Pacific Grove is moving forward with creating a ballot measure to ask voters if they want to go from six to four council members, however voters likely will not see the final result until the 2026 mid-term elections.

The City Council voted 6-0-1 on Wednesday directing city staff to start the process of attaining a demographer to help draft district maps and creating a resolution of intent that they plan to vote on in October. Mayor Pro Tempore Nick Smith was absent.

The city’s decision affects the election system, how people vote. But voters will be tasked with reducing the number of council seats. Council members brought up how important it will be to inform voters in the coming months about what the decision means to keep six council members while moving to a by-district election.

“I will be supporting Measure Z, because trying to cut Pacific Grove into six pieces will be virtually impossible,” councilwoman Debby Beck said. “I think we need at least two people running from each district, and I think that’s possible with four districts. It’s a matter of moving forward at this point.”

City Council Changes

Dionne Ybarra Can’t Explain Her Hateful Videos

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So she deletes them and pretends it never happened. Typical socialist moves to rewrite history.

facing backlash for confronting a group of Israeli tourists doubled down last week, stating she intended to share a video to empower people of color. Days later, though, she deleted the video and dozens of pro-Palestine posts.

The video, which The Pine Cone reported in the Aug. 16 edition after local website lighthouseavenue.com posted it, offended Jewish resident Eric Emanuel and others, who called Ybarra’s behavior “disturbing” and “antisemitic.”

Instead of telling the Israelis, one of whom Ybarra said was a “girl,” that they were in an area they were apparently not supposed to be, she asked if they supported the “genocide” of the Palestinians.

Ybarra’s online account was filled with Palestine activist-type posts, including a video earlier this year where she appeared to praise graffiti scribbled on a ski lift that stated, among other things, “free Palestine” from “Nazis and Zionists.”

But her Instagram page with the June video and other pro-Palestine posts was deleted in the last week. She also removed the Facebook video.

Dionne Ybarra Can’t Explain Her Hateful Videos

96 Year Old Lady Facing Eviction At Forest Hill Manor

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So called lifetime contract not carried over to new owners.

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Jacques has called Pacific Grove Senior Living her home for 22 years. On Aug. 16, the facility gave Jacques a three-day eviction notice. The notice states that Jacques must pay her outstanding balance of about $110,000 or vacate her unit.

The issue? It was Jacques’ understanding that she would be taken care of for life — regardless of whether she outlived her savings.

The eviction notice was issued by Pacifica Senior Living, the parent company for Pacific Grove Senior Living. When Pacifica acquired the facility from California-Nevada Methodist Homes in 2022, there was an expectation that existing contracts would be honored.

Though the previous owner’s contracts were grandfathered in, their policies were not.

President of Pacific Grove Senior Living’s Residents’ Association, Bob Sadler, says that contracts for “lifetime care” like the one Jacques signed were considered unconditional under the previous owners.

96 Year Old Lady Facing Eviction At Forest Hill Manor

Election 2024

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Don’t think the hateful Dionne will make it.

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Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Peake decided not to run for reelection, and those hoping to take his place are former PG. City Councilman Dan Miller, councilman Nick Smith and Dionne Ybarra. Those seeking a council member seat are councilman Luke Coletti, former Mayor Carmelita Garcia, Chilla Kartalov, incumbent Chaps Poduri, Tina Rau and Paul Walkingstick.

Election 2024