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2026 BOARD MEMBERS & VOLUNTEERS

BOARD MEMBERS

VOLUNTEERS

President Joanne Fiscel 1626 Via Tropico 805-403-6175 joannf4150@att.net

Park Hostess/Sunshine Lady Gina Avalos 1620 Via Tropico 805-260-1641

Vice President Larry Fiscel 1626 Via Tropico 805-709-7512 joannf4150@att.net Teasurer Trini Basse 1126 Via Delicia 805-878-3060 trinidadbasse@yahoo.com

Magazine Editor Laura Selken 1611 Via Rico 805-406-9989 (call/text) laura.selken@gmail.com Activity Contacts: Bingo Joanne @ 805-403-6175 Bunco Kathy @ 661-992-6433

Secretary Mary Ehrman 1608 Via Sabroso 661-301-3389 maryrpeach@gmail.com

Exercise Barbara @ 805-441-9791

Director at Large Laura Selken 1611 Via Rico 805-406-9989 laura.selken@gmail.com

Line Dancing Carolyn @ 805-448-0623

Director of Purchasing Kathy Butala 1207 Via Asueto 661-992-6433 kathyorr13@icloud.com

Poker Fred @ 805-478-9431

Hand, Foot, & Tail Lee Ann @ 805-266-5586

Painting Sally @ 805-268-5566

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CASA DEL RIO & EMERGENCY INFORMATION

Casa Del Rio Office Hours: Monday-Friday, call 805-925-3737 to make an appointment Closed weekends & holidays Clubhouse Hours: CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR REMODELING Pool Area Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Pool Area Hours for Children: 1-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, all day Sunday Office Phone Number: 805-925-3737; leave a message if no answer Emergencies, after hours ~ 805-478-9442

If you witness any illegal activity in our park at any time of day or night,

CALL THE POLICE FIRST at 911

(OR the non-emergency police number below, if it is not an urgent matter), THEN call Casa Del Rio Management to inform them of the activity.

Emergency Community Numbers: Fire, Police, Paramedics ~ 911 Veterans Crisis Hotline ~ 988 (press 1) Mental Health Hotline ~ 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ~ 800-273-8255 Domestic Violence Solutions Hotline ~ 805-925-2160 Friendship Line ~ 800-971-0016 (connect to a skilled, trained counselor offering emotional support if you are experiencing anxiety, loneliness, etc.)

Non-Emergency Community Numbers: Police ~ 805-928-3781 ext. 2277 Adult Protective Services ~ 844-751-6729 Community Partners in Caring ~ 805-925-8000 Senior Connection (Area Agency on Aging) ~ 805-928-2552

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AUGUST CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUN

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Merrill Gardens

11 – Exercise @ 1603 Ynez

6 – Poker @ Fred’s

5:45 – Poker @ Fred’s

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10 – Painting 10 – Line 11 – Exercise Dance @ MG poolside @ 1603 Ynez 11:30 – 11 – Exercise @ 1603 Ynez Lunch Bunch 6:30 – Bunco @ Kathy’s 1207 Asueto

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6 – Poker @ Fred’s

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24 / 31 11 – Exercise @ 1603 Ynez 6:30 – Bunco (8/24) @ Mary’s 1608 Sabroso

5:45 – Poker @ Fred’s

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11 – Exercise 10 – Line @ 1603 Ynez Dancing @

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10 – Painting poolside

11 – Exercise 10 – Line @ 1603 Ynez Dancing @ 6:30 – Board Mtg. (poolside)

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19 10 – Painting poolside

Merrill Gardens

11 – Exercise @ 1603 Ynez

6 – Poker @ Fred’s

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11 – Exercise @ 1603 Ynez

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5:30 – General Mtg 11 – Exercise Poolside @ 1603 Ynez OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS

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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES | SUNSHINE REPORT

James Rainville Chuck Robertson Miguel Diaz Neil O'Connor Katherine Taylor Mark Holt Tina Talaugon Laura Cherry Margarita Richard Steven Schumann Diane Eaton Sharon Fox Cheryl Thorpe Penny Coughlin Nettie Steels Susan Everett Joanne Poloni Paula Hewitt Laura Selken Gino Bartenetti Beverly Castellanos

2 2 4 4 4 5 6 7 13 16 22 22 22 23 23 24 25 28 28 29 29

Raul & Luisa Ramirez ~ Aug 1 Geoff & Susan Ellsworth ~ Aug 3 Jim & Sue Ramirez ~ Aug 24 Frank & Anita Buckley ~ Aug 25 Larry & Terri Rogers ~ Aug 27 Gene & Wuanita Evernham ~ Aug 28 Leon & Madeline Permasse ~ Aug 28

Please Note:

If your birthday and/or anniversary is missing and/or incorrect, or your name is misspelled, please reach out to Laura at 805-406-9989 or laura.selken@gmail.com.

Also, if you are aware of anyone listed here who no longer lives in the park, PLEASE let me know. We no longer receive reports from management. Thanks so much for your assistance in helping us keep things somewhat accurate!

S u n s h i n e Lady Sunshine L a d y Report Report

If you moved in recently, or if you know of ANYONE living in the park who needs a get-well, thinking-of-you, or sympathy card, please give Gina Avalos a call at 805-260-1641!

Our O u r Deepest D e e p e s t Sympathy S y m p a t h y to t o ... ...

Gene Goodspeed and family, whose mother (and Casa Del Rio resident), Mary Goodspeed, passed at the age of 101.

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MONTHLY ACTIVITIES

REMEMBER: ALL activities in the park are open to ALL residents of the park.

Outdoor Exercise Class 1603 Via Ynez

Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays @ 11 a.m.

Info : Barbara @

805-441-9791

Residents Association Board Meeting Monday, August 3rd, 6:30 pm We will be meeting poolside! All are welcome to join us!!!

Learn about your Residents Association, and how you can get involved!

Line Dancing Tuesdays ~ 10 a.m.

@ Merrill Gardens 1350 Suey Rd 2nd Floor No Experience Required!

Questions: Call Carolyn @ 805-448-0623

6 MONTHLY ACTIVITIES

Join us for POKER ~ Two Nights a Week

Tuesdays from 6-8:45 pm / Wednesdays from 5:45-8:45 pm $5 to play ~ moved to Fred’s house during the remodel!

Contact Fred at 805-478-9431 to RSVP and get the address!

Wednesday Morning Painting* 10 a.m. poolside!!!

Wednesday Morning Painting* 10 a.m. poolside!!!

*Or whatever artistic passion you have! *Or whatever artistic passion you have!

Bring your lunch ... and be ready to make new friends!

MAY 18, 2026at | DEPART: 9:30 AM / RETURN 2:00 PM Call Sally with any questions 805-268-5566 Welcome new residents of Casa Del Rio!!!

Are you new, or even “not so new,” to Casa Del Rio Mobile Home Park?

If you haven’t received a “welcome visit” from the Residents Association yet, please call our Hostess, Gina Avalos, at 805-260-1641, or President Joanne Fiscel at 805-403-6175.

You are welcome to attend ANY of the events or activities listed on these pages, and when the clubhouse re-opens, there will be MORE! Be sure to read your monthly Senior Moments for all the details.

We would love to have you as a member of the Residents Association (see more information on page 9). Gina will be able to answer your questions when she comes for a visit. Reach out to her to set up a time.

MONTHLY ACTIVITIES

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Lunch Bunch

Lunch at Bunch 726 S 726 S Broadway, Broadway, Santa Maria Santa Maria

See you See you there! there!

Tuesday, August Tuesday, August 11, 11, at at 11:30 11:30 am am Open to Open to ALL ALL residents residents in in our our park! park!

PLEASE, reach PLEASE, reach out out to to Kathy Kathy at at 661-992-6433 661-992-6433

(text/call) for (text/call) for any any questions questions about about this this monthly monthly event event that takes that takes place place on on the the second second Tuesday Tuesday at at 11:30 11:30 am, am, ... and ... and be be sure sure to to RSVP RSVP by

by Noon Noon on on August August 10th!

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8 QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING

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RESIDENT INFORMATION

Kudos to Anonymous Resident of Casa Del Rio An anonymous resident of Casa Del Rio worked with the City of Santa Maria for several months to get this Pet Waste Station installed near Fire Station #5 at the corner of Donovan.

While it may have taken quite some time and a lot of effort, it’s great to know that we CAN make a difference in our community if we just try! THANK YOU, anonymous resident, for your hard work!!

10 SENIOR CLUB RIPTIDE BIG BAND DANCE

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BUNCO & INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

Typhany’s Bunco Birthday celebration!

Independence Day celebration

12 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

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NEWS YOU CAN USE

Santa Maria planners OK senior housing protection plan The Santa Maria Planning Commission unanimously approved a zoning change to create a Senior Mobile Home Park Overlay District on Wednesday, July 1, ensuring that mobile homes remain a viable affordable housing option for local seniors.

The change institutes rules and carves out local enforcement powers around age-restricted communities, 55 years of age or older, protecting them from unapproved conversion to all-ages facilities.

The zoning change will now move to the City Council for full approval.

“Our streets are mostly quiet and a good place for a senior on a cane or even a walker to take a leisurely stroll,” said Gary Hall, resident of Rancho Buena Vista Mobile Estates and president of local advocacy group North Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team (NSBMHT).

“Our residents lead quiet lives. Seniors like me buy homes and senior parks, knowing our neighbors will also and always be seniors,” he told the commissioners.

Hall has been a fixture at City Council meetings for years, calling on the City to do something to protect elderly individuals living on fixed incomes from property owners changing their park’s status against residents' wishes.

“Senior mobile home parks need to be preserved in Santa Maria since they remain one of the few affordable housing options still available to seniors,” he finished Wednesday, before being followed by five speakers sharing similar views.

The overlay district is similar to other efforts in California, including zoning rules in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, to dedicate certain portions of the land use map to accessible affordable housing for seniors, while creating a City review and enforcement mechanism.

Impacting the existing five age-restricted mobile home parks in Santa Maria, the new ordinance would require that 80% of mobile homes in the parks be occupied by someone over the age of 55.

Any attempts to change a park in the current overlay to an all-ages park would require review from the City, including public meetings of the Planning Commission and the City Council.

Additionally, parks would be subject to biennial age checks and compliance certification by property owners, with verification responsibility vested in the City. Properties would also be required to clearly label their parks as a senior mobile home park in advertising, leases and signage.

The ordinance does not create rent-control programs, and does not put the City in a position to regulate residency eligibility or tenancy decisions — but would allow for monitoring and enforcement of the ordinance’s requirements. [continued on page 14]

14 NEWS YOU CAN USE

Santa Maria planners OK senior housing protection plan

[continued from page 13]

While supporting the plan, commissioners questioned enforcement capabilities of the City if a property owner does not comply with the regulations, specifically the tenant threshold.

Assistant City Attorney Heather Whitham said that property owners must comply with existing federal law, HOPA - Housing for Older Persons Act, but a local ordinance would allow the City to ensure that parks comply with the standards and are subject to local oversight.

“They're also going to be obligated to comply with federal law; so, there's the federal overlay, there's our ordinance ... our regular code enforcement could get involved if need be,” Whitham said. “Violations of our municipal code are misdemeanors; we have lots of different remedies that we can use, but we don't anticipate that.”

Because the changes approved by the commission on July 1 zone the existing parks specifically for senior mobile homes, owners who are out of compliance — either through intentional action or by vacancy attrition — would be subject to remedial action from the City.

That could include civil action from the City, misdemeanor code compliance violations and court action, according to Whitham.

“In the same way, any time somebody ignores our municipal code, we do have tools to step in and try and force compliance,” she said.

By Jason Anderson, Digital Producer Santa Maria Times janderson@santamariatimes.com Published July 2, 2026

Note: The City Council has not voted on this matter as of yet. Notification will be sent by email when it has been announced, and residents will be encouraged to attend the meeting and possibly speak during public comment. If you are not on the editor’s email list, please reach out to laura.selken@gmail.com.

The North Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team, mentioned in the article above, advocates for your rights as residents of a mobilehome park. They will be hosting a forum for local candidates on Saturday, September 12, at Casa Grande Mobile Home Park. Please mark your calendars and save the date!

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GSMOL ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS

Q: Can you exclude the park manager from the clubhouse during a GSMOL, HOA, or homeowner’s meeting?

A: Probably not!

While park residents have the right to “peacefully assemble” and hold meetings in the park’s Clubhouse, they cannot prohibit the park’s manager from attending the meeting - unless or until the manager interferes with or disrupts the meeting in some manner, which would be a violation of MRL.51.

Bruce Stanton, GSMOL’s Corporate Counsel, has even suggested you pull up a chair in the front row and invite your manager to sit down and “learn!”

A park is allowed to install security cameras on its property that record both audio and video, and it is legal; a park resident cannot expect privacy in a public space.

If your group needs privacy to discuss an issue, such a meeting should be held in a private home, or outside the mobilehome park, so that you have the right to prohibit entry by management, and so that you can preserve attorney-client confidentiality.

See MRL 798.51 for California law regarding the right to assemble, meet, canvass, petition and invite speakers.

WHAT IS GSMOL?

By Carol Brinkman, GSMOL* Secretary cbrinkman12@cox.net, 949-463-5550 *Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League

GSMOL is a statewide nonprofit organization supporting manufacturedhome owners throughout California.

WHAT THEY DO

LEGISLATION: They work with state and local legislators to create laws that protect manufactured-home owners and block laws that would harm them.

EDUCATION: They educate manufactured-home owners about their rights, protections, and responsibilities.

ORGANIZATION: They organize manufactured-home owners into park chapters to work together in their parks, in their communities, and across the state to protect the affordability of mobilehome life.

BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS:

Become a Member! Email Laura Selken for Details!

The Californian magazine Website (gsmol.org) & Facebook (facebook.com/GoldenStateGSMOL) Statewide corps of volunteer leaders who understand the plight of homeowners because they are your neighbors serving on your behalf!

16 AARP FRAUD WATCH NETWORK

Quiz: Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

1. True or false: It’s safer to pay bills with paper checks than online.

2. What should you do if your bank calls with a warning that there’s been unusual activity and asks for information to verify your identity?

1.Verify your identity with the caller.

2.Hang up: It’s a scam.

3.Hang up and call your bank directly to find out if there’s a real issue.

4.Ask caller if you can speak with a manager to confirm the call is legit.

3. How often should you check your credit report?

1.Never, you’ll be notified if there’s something wrong.

2.Annually, at least 3.Every five years 4.Every 10 years 4. What is multi-factor authentication?

1.Requiring an extra layer of security, such as a one-time passcode, to log in to a password-protected account 2.Requiring two different people to enter two different passwords to access an account 3.Requiring both a username and a hard-to-guess password to access an account 5. Warning sign(s) that your computer may be infected with malware 1.It sends emails to your contacts that you didn’t write 2.It won’t shut down 3.Its battery runs out more quickly than it used to 4.All of the above 6. If you think that you may be a victim of identity theft, you should immediately report it to: 1.The Federal Trade Commission 2.The Securities and Exchange Commission 3.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 4.The White House 7. What is the minimum number of characters needed for a strong password, according to the FTC? 1. six 2. nine 3. fifteen 4. twenty-four 8. Which payment method offers the best protection against liability for fraudulent purchases?

1.Credit cards See next page 2.Debit cards 3.Payment apps like Venmo or Zelle for answers!

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See next page for answers!

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AARP FRAUD WATCH NETWORK

Quiz: Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft [continued] 1. FALSE: Online transactions are generally considered more secure than using paper checks, because mail theft is a growing problem. Checks not only often include personal information, but criminals can also “wash” the stolen checks and direct the money to themselves.

2. #3 The caller could be an identity thief aiming to steal your account or personal information — or it could be a legitimate call. To find out, call the bank directly (don’t use the number the caller used).

3. #2 The federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) and other experts recommend checking your credit score with the three nationwide credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — at least once a year.

4. #1 Two-factor authentication makes your account more secure by requiring, for example, a one-time code sent to your mobile phone, along with your password.

5. #4 All of the above. Malware, unwanted software that gets installed on your device, allows criminals to steal your information and often interferes with the computer’s functioning.

6. #1 Start by reporting identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) online at IdentityTheft.gov or by phone at 1-877-438-4338.

7. #3 The FTC says a strong password should have at least 15 characters, including a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

8. #1 Credit cards offer the strongest consumer protections against fraud.

They limit liability for unauthorized charges (usually to $50 or less), and aren’t directly tied to your bank account.

The FTC received more than 1.1 million reports of identity theft in 2024 (the FTC has not released its 2025 report yet). That likely represents a fraction of the actual amount because many people don’t report these crimes. When it comes to fraud, vigilance is our number one weapon. You have the power to protect yourself and your loved ones from scams. Visit the AARP Scams and Fraud page at aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/ to learn about different types of scams Do you think you have been targeted or have fallen victim to a scam?

Contact AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline. Call 877-908-3360.

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