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Chris Smith writes in the Press Democrat that: There’s intrigue at work, and some big names, in the sad story of the forcing out of Santa Rosa’s thriving, altruistic Rialto Lakeside independent-films theater. It seems that David Codding holds the master lease on the Rialto and wants Rialto owner Ky Boyd to continue to operate the wonderful theater to Santa Rosa. But … nefarious forces are at work. Now Codding’s lease is up and so is Boyd’s. The building’s owner’s property manager is Larry Wasem, who is a partner in SR’s mainstream theaters – the Roxy and the Airport Cinemas, …Read more »

My client rents what would be a very nice home in Petaluma — except for one problem. When it rains, it pours — inside the house. The roof leaks like a sieve. As my client says, “When it rains an inch outside, it rains 3/4 of an inch inside!” What has the landlord, Larry Jonas, done about this? He put a tarp on the roof. How long has the landlord, Larry Jonas, known about this? Years. What did he do when the tenant complained, heatedly, insistently? Hired Charles T. Jensen to evict my client. We took this case to trial …Read more »