Three longtime resident advisory committee members, including two current chairs, will be stepping aside in the first wave of vacancies generated by a new GRF policy limiting how long volunteers can serve on such committees. Those chairs whose current committee terms expire at the end of June are Bill Dorband of the Finance Committee and John McDon...

An effort to make reverse mortgages available for cooperative owners in Rossmoor has a chance at success, and supporters are calling residents to action. The U.S. Senate Review Committee is working on a 2023 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report that could require HUD to finally write guidelines for federally insured reverse mort...

Al Kaufman doesn’t know yet exactly when it will happen, but he will appreciate the planned improvements to the Woodshop in the Gateway art studio complex. It will include an expanded tool room, updated electrical and dust collection systems, a relocated entry and room for more machines, thanks to a revised layout. “We’ll be able to install some ne...

To steal from an old saying, it’s a whole new bocce ballgame in Rossmoor. That is thanks to the newly resurfaced bocce courts at Sportsmen’s Park. Work on the bocce courts began in early May, and the courts reopened shortly before Memorial Day weekend, Director of Residential Services Jeff Matheson said. The new artificial turf surface was develope...

Resident develops detailed, Rossmoor-specific instructions It can be a difficult topic for seniors to discuss with their adult children: what they should do with a home when their parent is gone. This goes deeper than dealing with home sales and inheritances, which are often outlined in wills and trusts, carried out by professionals or at least wel...

For the first time since 2019, residents and their families can come together again for the annual Fourth of July celebration at Dollar’s picnic grounds. The event will be held Monday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Interrupted for two years because of the pandemic, the day’s events and activities – sponsored by the Recreation Department – retur...

It was a beautiful Tuesday morning – sun shining, temperature creeping up, though not as hot as it would get a few days later. But the mood wasn’t festive at gatherings at two intersections along Tice Creek Drive, at Stanley Dollar Drive and at Ptarmigan Drive, where about 80 people total were either holding signs or supporting others who were. The...

Efforts to improve civility within Rossmoor went under the microscope during the Policy Committee’s June 6 meeting. The topic got its most extensive public discussion to date, as the committee explored how a Civility Task Force might function, working off a charter devised by Board Vice President Leanne Hamaji. The committee also further defined a ...

The GRF learned on June 3 that the county has waived a $761,000 penalty resulting from a missed property tax payment in April for three cooperative Mutuals. “We received the notice late Friday, June 3,” Chief Financial Officer Joel Lesser said. “However, we had some matters to discuss with the county for clarification and correction. These matters ...

Work is underway to bury PG& E power lines that run west from the utility’s Rossmoor substation, a small part of a much larger PG& E program to bury some 10,000 miles of power lines statewide to reduce the danger of wildfires. The two circuits being worked on for this project mostly feed Lafayette and a small portion of Moraga and affect el...