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ROSSMOOR NEWS

Saying uncertain financial needs lie ahead, RWC Board approves 2027 budget

Section A

Main News......................1-15A

Op/Ed Columns................ 21A

Residents’ Forum............. 20A

Rossmoor TV Guide......... 22A

Scenes Around Rossmoor... 23A

Sports & Games...........16-19A

Section B

Arts and Leisure............ 1-14B

Classified...................... 15-21B

Fitness Classes/Schedule.....9B

Health & Fitness................10B

Movies...................................5B

Religion......................... 11-12B

Travel Pages..................... 7-8B

INSIDE THE NEWS

A Band Called Honalee comes

to Event Center on Oct. 11.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA VOLUME 60, NO. 27

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News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch RWC Treasurer Adrian Byram

News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch Darryl Wong of the LGBTQ+Alliance, center, discusses the upcoming “A Day of Listening, Learning and Unity – Rossmoor Stands United Aganist Hate” on Oct 2. Listening, to the right, is Shrey Triveti of the Rossmoor Tennis Club.

Rossmoor News file photo An overhead shot shows some of the co-op manors in Rossmoor. Co-op homeowners are minimally affected by local parcel taxes because the units are not taxed individually.

News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch Janet Hoy of the League of Women Voters points to the screen as she discusses “November California Ballot Propositions Pro and Con.”

Rotary hosts breakdown of statewide ballot initiatives By Mike Wood Staff writer

ith the Nov. 3 general election just over a month away, timing was good for the Rossmoor Rotary Club to host a talk about statewide initiatives.

Janet Hoy and Audra Ruthruff of the League of Women Voters Diablo Valley spoke at the Rotary Club’s weekly meeting on Sept. 23 in Hillside’s Diablo Room, giving pro-andcon overviews on seven of the 14 statewide propositions on the ballot this year, plus SB63, the Regional Transit Measurement, that will be voted on in

By Sam Richards Staff writer

he Rossmoor Walnut Creek (RWC) Board on Thursday approved a $362.98 RWC monthly coupon for 2027, up $11.47 (3.26%) from this year’s coupon. The 2027 coupon is based on a 2027 RWC operating budget of $29,078,760, also approved Thursday, which is up 3.83% from 2026.

The 2027 Rossmoor Property Management (RPM) budget of $13,467,044, a 10% jump from 2026, was also approved by the Board on Thursday.

Both budgets had been recommended two days earlier by the RWC Finance Committee, and the Board approved them

without applying any of an estimated $700,000 in savings (gained from lowered insurance premium costs) toward reducing the 2027 RWC coupon. The Board accepted the Finance Committee’s recommendation to spend $100,000 on a one-time “internal control audit” of the relatively new NetSuite cloud-based enterprise resource planning system Rossmoor now uses.

At the annual joint RWC Board-Finance Committee budget hearing workshops on Sept. 8 and 9, the Board of Directors kicked the draft budgets back to the Finance Committee for more discussion.

The Finance Committee on Sept. 22 recommended, on a 4-2 vote, to take $100,000

from the insurance surplus to pay for the internal control audit, and to leave the rest as surplus to deal with unforeseen emergency expenses. The Board on Thursday approved issuing a request for proposals to firms that would potentially want to conduct that audit.

Finance Committee member Adrian Byram said on Sept. 22 that, regardless of whatever emergency expenses that may arise in 2027 ‒ El Niño-related weather damages, for instance ‒ expectations will be high for the RWC Board to fund at least a significant portion of what transit consultants Fehr and Peers call for as part of the update of Rossmoor’s Short-Range Transit Plan, now underway. Only some software

costs have been budgeted, Rossmoor General Manager Jeff Matheson said; no prospective service enhancements have been budgeted.

Any inability of the RWC Board to make good on at least a significant piece of whatever transit improvements Fehr and Peers recommend would be seen as “a big failure by the Board,” Byram said.

“It’s very, very, very important that we make the transit system work next year,” he said.

Committee member Cheryl Hines said taking more than the $100,000 for the internal control audit would be “really risky,” given the likely need for a robust reserve.

as presented.

The RWC budget was approved Thursday without adopting suggested increases in residents’ golf fees, and

By Craig Lazzeretti Managing editor

If voters approve the Acalanes Union High School District’s Measure W parcel tax in the Nov. 3 election, its impact on Rossmoor’s 3,368

cooperative housing units will be much different from other properties here.

That’s because co-ops are not individually owned, as condominiums and single-family residences are. So instead of

Acalanes Union parcel tax would have minimal impact on Rossmoor co-ops

By LGBTQ+ Alliance

Rossmoor’s LGBTQ+ Alliance, together with a number of co-sponsoring clubs and the support of the Rossmoor Fund and the Rossmoor Rotary Club, will host “A Day of Listening, Learning and Unity – Rossmoor Stands United Against Hate,” a three-hour community symposium on Friday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. at the Event Center.

Free and open to residents and their guests, the gathering reinforces Rossmoor’s long tradition of inclusion and respect following several recent incidents that reminded residents of the importance of standing together. Registration is required on the Alliance website.

The symposium is designed to bring together Rossmoor residents for edu-

LGBTQ+ Alliance, partner clubs to host Oct. 2 symposium

‘A Day of Listening’ comes to Rossmoor

cation, dialogue and constructive action. In its event registration statement, the Alliance emphasizes that “while everyone carries inherent biases,

community strength comes from recognizing differences, celebrating shared humanity, and maintaining Rossmoor as

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RWC Treasurer Adrian Byram gesturing with his hands while speaking at a meeting. Caption: RWC Treasurer Adrian Byram
Aerial view of Rossmoor co-op residential manors nestled in rolling green hills. Caption: An overhead shot shows some of the co-op manors in Rossmoor. Co-op homeowners are minimally affected by local parcel taxes because the units are not taxed individually.
Darryl Wong speaking at a table with an iPad and notes while Shrey Triveti listens. Caption: Darryl Wong of the LGBTQ+Alliance, center, discusses the upcoming “A Day of Listening, Learning and Unity – Rossmoor Stands United Aganist Hate” on Oct 2. Listening, to the right, is Shrey Triveti of the Rossmoor Tennis Club.
Janet Hoy speaking with an outstretched arm pointing toward a presentation screen. Caption: Janet Hoy of the League of Women Voters points to the screen as she discusses “November California Ballot Propositions Pro and Con.”