The fourth generation of my family in LA, I live & work in downtown Los Angeles. I presently serve pro bono on 29 boards, committees & commissions. I am writing a book on the problems of Los Angeles, RADICAL PRAGMATISM; A RX FOR LOS ANGELES - 101 WAYS TO FIX A BROKEN CITY, and I am doing the final edit on a literary Western novel, THE LONG RIDER. I am also writing A MEMOIR OF LIVES TOO SHORT, about the people I knew when I was between 17 and 27 and our too often comic misadventures while living the cowboy way. I am also working on two comedy screenplays.