Timeline -- Seal Beach Leisure World Historical Society & Museum, California

Contents 1960 - 2024
20th Century	21st Century
Prologue 1950 ‑ 1959
1960‑1964	2001‑2004
1965‑1969	2005‑2009
1970‑1974	2010‑2014
1975‑1979	2015‑2019
1980‑1984	2020‑2024
1985‑1989
1990‑1994
1995‑2000

Timeline

1960 - 1964
Date	Event
1961-	Ross Cortese buys the land that will become Leisure World Seal Beach: 541 acres of Rancho Los Alamitos from the Hellman family for approximately $20,000 per acre totaling $10,820,000. (History of the land 1964-02-26 National Golden Rain News.pdf)
1961-05-00	The Leisure World concept was first presented to the FHA by Ross Cortese
1961-05-11	The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Golden Rain FDN were signed May 11, 1961, by Lewis Lepton and Edna lllinik. The Golden Rain Foundation is registered with the state. Ross Cortese seats the board members. T. Cole Campbell becomes President of Golden Rain Board of Trustees appointed by Ross Cortese. Lewis Letson is hired as the Golden Rain Foundation Administrator but is also the administrator of the St. Francis Hospital of Linwood. Edna lllinik, secretary to Lewis Lepton at the St. Francis Hospital in Linwood, comes to Golden Rain Fdn with him and works there as well as at the hospital.
1961-05-15	The Golden Rain Foundation is registered with the state. Ross Cortese seats the board members. T. Cole Campbell becomes President of Golden Rain Board of Trustees appointed by Ross Cortese.
1961-05-15	Permit to issue and sell stock in the Golden Rain Fdn was signed by of Commissioner of Corporation; his name at that time was John G. Sobieski.
1961-08-00	The first FHA loan commitment was issued.
1961-10-00	Sales commenced in October for Mutual 1
1961-12-01	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual One land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn. Orange County Real Property Parcel 1, Lot 4, Tract No #337.
1962-03-07	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Two land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn. PARCEL 1: Lot 10 of Tract No. 4378.
1962-06-01	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Three land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn. PARCEL 1: Lot 1 of Tract No 4401.
1962-06-18	First move-ins to Mutual One, Wheel E, Block 1 arrive.
1962-06-30	Upon completion of construction and occupancy of the apartment units of each Mutual, and in accordance with a general plan, a first annual meeting of Mutual members was held at which directors from among the members of the Mutual were elected to succeed the incorporators or organizers.
1962-08-01	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Four land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn. PARCEL 1: Lot 15 of Tract No 4431 ? or 4451 ?
1962-09-01	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Five land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn. PARCEL 1: Lot 17 of Tract No (unreadable)
1962-12-00	Shuffleboard Courts open at Clubhouses 1 and 2.
1962-12-11	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Seven land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1962-12-13	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Six land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn.
1962-12-24	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Eight land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1963-01-29	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Nine land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1963-03-06	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Ten land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1963-03-12	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Eleven land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1963-04-19	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Twelve land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1963-05-14	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Fourteen land purchased from the ROSSMOOR CORPORATION, a corporation, and STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Massachusetts corporation.
1963-06-00	The first annual meeting of the Golden Rain Foundation was held with the board that Ross Cortese seated.
1963-08-00	Shuffleboard Court opened at Clubhouse 3.
1963-09-01	Leisure World Foundation / National Golden Rain Foundation formed. This corporation was owned by Ross Cortese and was a separate corporation from the Golden Rain Foundation. The National Golden Rain Foundation corporation was later renamed to the Leisure World Foundation. The purpose of this corporation was to become the property management company for all the Leisure World developments built by Ross Cortese.
1963-10-00	Leisure World Golf Course opened. Leisure World Swimming Pool opened.
1963-11-13	First issue of the National Golden Rain News published by Ross Cortese. This was published for all Leisure World developments and used as part of the sales materials for potential new residents.
1963-11-20	Holy Family Catholic Church opened. The land and the church were donated to The ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES in a Grant Deed Signed by Rossmoor Corp, Ross Cortese's company, on 1963-03-20.
1963-12-24	Christmas Eve, Cortese "invited all those who had worked on his Seal Beach Leisure World to a sit-down dinner with prime rib at the newly completed Clubhouse One in Laguna Hills."
1963-00-00	The 1963 organization meeting of the L.W. Community Orchestra in the apartment of Dr. and Mrs. E.J. Hines included Mike Lipston, Esther Hubbard, Hazel and Edgar Hines. Various musicians in the area were contacted and twelve responded to form the Golden Age Orchestra of Leisure World, later changed to the L.W. Community Orchestra of Seal Beach. Dr. Edgar J. Hines was the original director and donated 10 years to this cause.
1964-01-06	Grant deed signed. Golden Rain Fdn sells the land to the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Seal Beach.
1964-03-13	Detectives Wolfe and Potter, hired by Leisure World Administrator Lewis Letson, were arrested for attaching a listening device to the telephone of Lloyd Gummere, 13081 St. Andrews Dr. FBI had jurisdiction since wiretapping is a federal crime. Mr Gummere was one of the leaders of the group that was petitioning the FHA to remove Ross Cortese's company from being the property management company.
1964-03-19	Shareholders form the SENIOR CITIZENS PROTECTIVE LEAGUE and hold their first meeting. They protest Cortese's management practices and the contact being considered to hire Cortese's company, the Leisure World Foundation, to manage Seal Beach Leisure World.
1964-06-01	The outgoing Golden Rain Board, voted 9 to 4 with one abstention for the management contract with Leisure World Foundation and authorized its execution even though the outgoing board knew that the incoming board opposed hiring the Leisure World Foundation as the management company. The board members were T. Cole Cawthorne, H.A. Brunson, Joseph L. McLaughlin, Lawrence A. Parks, Clyde W. Reading, Henry J. Aken, James M. Taylor, Wm. H. Berssenbrugge, Henry M. Schafer, George A. Leverenz.
1964-06-13	H. Dean Campbell became first President of resident-elected Golden Rain Foundation Board of Trustees.
1964-08-17	Ethel Anderson is hired as Golden Rain Secretary. The Golden Rain office is directly across the street from Clubhouse One in unit 21E. (Ethel Anderson Oral History)
1964-08-18	C. Richard Kay becomes the Leisure World Administrator, replacing Lewis Letson.
1964-09-04	Construction began on the Community Church.
1964-09-18	Trademarks for the name LEISURE WORLD and the LEISURE WORLD GLOBE LOGO filed by Rossmore Corporation.
1964-09-25	Wiretapping conviction. Los Angeles private detectives Harvey G. Wolfe, 52, and James J. Potter, 42, convicted of tapping the telephone of a Rossmoor Leisure World leader Lloyd Gummere, were given one- year suspended sentences Friday 9/25/64.
1964-10-00	San Diego Freeway opens from Seal Beach to San Fernando Valley.
1964-10-00	Construction began on Mutual 15. All units are sold early in 1965.
1964-12-08	In a letter to the Senior Citizens Protective League regarding the Management Agreement FHA Commissioner G. Franklin Daniels states that the mortgages have invested $70,000,000 in Leisure World Seal Beach.

1965 - 1969
Date	Event
1965-01-07	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Fifteen land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn.
1965-01-07	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Sixteen land purchased from the Golden Rain Fdn.
1965-01-16	The Saturday Evening Post, January 16, 1965, publishes an article Trouble in Retirement Housing. The article discusses the problems in Seal Beach Leisure World and the fact that the Golden Rain Administrator hired detectives who wire-tapped Lloyd Gummere's unit. The article includes Lloyd Gummere's picture.
1965-02-22	The Senior Citizens Protective League membership exceeds two-thousand (2,000) shareholders. The group contacts the F.H.A. through its attorney, William Williams, regarding the management agreement.
1965-03-02	Excerpt from speech to Senior Citizens Protective League about changes Golden Rain made effective 1964-01-01, "The monthly payments ($2.00 = $17.67 in todays money) would have to be raised approx. $8.00 ($70.68 today's money) to $10.00 ($88.35 today's money) per month per apartment. Still another thing which added additional fuel to the fire was the announcement that beginning Jan. 1, 1964 the services and drugs at the medical center would be operated on a 80/20 basis, which resulted in a further increase to the shareholders.
1965-04-29	Golden Rain Fdn administrator H. Dean Campbell hires private detective Frank Blenkhorn to run a credit check on GOLDEN RAIN FDN (Lewis m. Letson, President & Administrator; Father Domenic Daly, Vpres; Mrs. Edna Illnik, sec; Allen Oakley Hunter, Attorney; Ross w. Cortese, Principal); ROSSMORE CORP (President Ross W. Cortese., Vice President Murry E. Ward., Secretary Edward S. Shattuck., Treasurer Lloyd Fuqlie.); and LEISURE WORLD FOUNDATION (Officers Donald K Hall, Edward S. Shattuck ) through the Santa Monica Credit Bureau. (source copy of credit report)
1965-07-08	Traffic light installed at Golden Rain and St. Andrews intersection.
1965-08-05	Leisure World Community Church opened. It cost $600,000.
1965-08-19	The Golden Rain Board files a lawsuit against the Leisure World Foundation (Golden Rain Fdn versus Leisure World Fdn, Case No 138760, 1965-08-19) to break the management agreement that was signed by Cortese's Golden Rain Board before the newly elected 1964 - 1965 shareholder board was seated in June 1964.
1965-09-02	Ground-breaking starts on the Redeemer Lutheran Church.
1965-09-23	A conference was held with by the FHA with Golden Rain Foundation and Mutuals, for the purpose of separating from the Cortese organization.
1966-01-11	Leisure World featured in a Reader’s Digest article.
1966-03-07	Enrollment in the Medicare Program began in Leisure World.
1966-06-06	Leisure World Pharmacy opened.
1966-06-16	Original Administration Building opened.
1966-07-28	First service held at Redeemer Lutheran Church.
1966-12-22	Original Fire Station opened in Leisure World at 2450 N Gate Rd. The property was later sold and is now the First Christian Church church. Although this church is inside the Leisure World fence the property was never part of Leisure World and belongs to the church.
1967-03-09	Seal Beach Leisure World adopted as the official name of the community.
1967-04-00	Reservoir near Beverly Manor is completed at a cost of $600,000. The reservoir measures 40,000 square feet in size and can hold 40 million gallons of water.
1967-08-10	Addition to the top of the Amphitheater completed.
1967-09-14	Resale office building opened
1967-10-12	Flagpoles installed at Clubhouses 1, 2 and 3.
1967-10-00	Golden Rain wins the lawsuit against the Cortese's Leisure World Foundation and the management contract is voided by the court. The J.L. Moyer company becomes the property management company for Seal Beach Leisure World.
1968-03-21	Cable network for Leisure World approved.
1968-05-00	Service Maintenance Buildings open.
1968-06-14	J.B. Omohundro became President of the Golden Rain Foundation Board of Trustees.
1968-12-00	Beverly Manor opened.
1969-01-23	Flood of Service Maintenance Area.
1969-03-00	Bay Boulevard renamed Seal Beach Boulevard. There had been a request to name it Leisure World Blvd.
1969-04-03	Ads were placed in Leisure World minibuses.
1969-05-01	Vehicle registration of all cars to facilitate security began.
1969-06-17	Harold Holden became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.

1970 - 1974
Date	Event
1970-01-28	New Seal Beach Post Office opened on Westminister.
1970-05-00	Works begins on Buildings 215, 216, 217 and 218 in Mutual 9. They replace buildings with the same numbers originally located in the 1.8 acres area.
1970-06-16	Donald MacKenzie became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1971-03-14	Fred Cooper began as Leisure World’s Community Services Manager
1971-07-08	Golden Rain News moves to its new location next to Amphitheater.
1972-06-20	Eaton Bemis became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1973-05-23	The Golden Age Foundation was formed.
1973-10-00	Cedar Crest Bridge opened.
1973-12-13	Dedication of Orange County Library, Leisure World Branch
1973-12-23	Airport bus service began.
1974-06-18	George Supple became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1974-07-27	Clubhouse 4 opened. Also, Rooms 1 &2 added to Clubhouse 3 opened.
1974-08-04	Construction of the new Security Building began.
1974-12-09	Heavy rain and wind damaged the Health Care Center.

1975 - 1979
Date	Event
1975-02-20	New front entrance gate opened.
1975-06-18	Daylong celebration of Bicentennial as one of two pilot programs for the programs to be held in 1976.
1975-07-18	Fire caused extensive damage to Building 75 on Weeburn Road
1975-10-25	Bikeway started between Seal Beach Blvd. and San Gabriel River
1976-02-12	Jim’s Gate opened. It was named James A. Borden, Golden Rain Foundation Director from Mutual 1.
1977-04-11	Full time paramedic service began
1977-05-19	Golden Age Foundation held its first spring banquet.
1977-08-25	Hellman land purchased at the entrance to Leisure World. The property would become Mutual 17.
1977-09-07	Decal program for resident’s cars began.
1977-12-15	Leisure World Security began to use radar guns to control speeding
1978-02-23	St. Andrews Gate moved 100 feet west to the present location.
1979-08-19	Seal Beach City Council approves building condominiums in Leisure World

1980 - 1984
Date	Event
1980-01-11	Grant Deed Signed. Golden Rain Fdn buys the land that becomes the RV Lot from the Hellman family.
1980-03-10	Grant Deed Signed. Golden Rain Fdn buys the land from the Hellmans that becomes Mutual 17.
1980-03-20	Daily van service to Los Alamitos Hospital began.
1980-05-20	Hospice care began in Leisure World.
1980-06-11	Maurice O’Hare became the President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1980-06-26	Trailer Club lot opened as a Leisure World activity.
1980-08-14	Mutual 17 became part of Leisure World.
1981-06-10	Howard McCurdy became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1981-06-25	New sound system installed in the Amphitheater.
1981-11-30	Grand opening of Mutual 17 announced.
1981-12-15	Grant Deed Signed. Mutual Seventeen buys land and buildings from the Golden Rain Foundation.
1982-07-31	Leisure World celebrated its 20th Anniversary.
1982-08-12	Community Church celebrated its 20th Anniversary.
1982-08-16	Lifeline Emergency System began operations.
1982-11-16	Concept of Optional Health Plan approved.
1982-11-30	High winds interrupted electrical service and damaged grounds.
1983-01-27	Seal Beach Pier destroyed.
1983-03-01	Heavy rains caused flooding, damaged Building 70 of Mutual 2 and the Maintenance Yard.
1983-03-15	New Medical Plan approved
1983-06-06	Emergency Meals on Wheels began deliveries.
1983-11-23	Leisure World Library officially reopened.
1983-11-17	Jack Davis retired after 18 years as Leisure World Administrator. He is succeeded by John Lefferty.
1984-01-22	David Saunders became Publications Manager of the Golden Rain News.
1984-06-13	James Murchie became the President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1984-10-24	Los Alamitos Medical center chosen to manage Leisure World Medical Clinic.
1984-00-00	Vice President (and later President) of the United States, George H. W. Bush, visited Leisure World while campaigning for the 1984 presidential election. Several speakers proceed him. At the end of his speech the vice president answers questions from the audience. Watch V.P. George H.W. Bush visiting Leisure World.

1985 - 1989
Date	Event
1985-01-27	Seal Beach Pier reopens.
1985-01-27	Wayne Fuller appointed Manager of Administrative Services.
1985-04-25	Leisure World Medical Clinic management taken over by Los Alamitos Medical Center
1985-06-05	Bixby Old Ranch Business Park approved by Beach City Council.
1985-09-25	Mini Farms moved to present site at the 1.8 acres.
1986-01-00	Stain glass windows installed at the Community Church.
1986-04-09	Harbir (Bill) Narang became the Administrator of Leisure World.
1986-06-18	John Brocuse became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1986-08-18	Howard McCurdy became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1986-09-04	Television program "Highway to Heaven" starring Michael Landon is filmed at Leisure World. Watch Michael Landon filming HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN.
1987-06-10	Faye Cruse became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1987-07-29	Leisure World celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Program was called “A Day to Remember”.
1988-08-25	Construction of the Friends of the Library Building began.
1988-10-27	Present Administration Building opened.
1989-06-04	Gordon Lundgren became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1989-06-00	Friends of the Library Building opens.
1989-08-10	Leisure World Sports Hall of Fame opened.

1990 - 1994
Date	Event
1990-04-00	The Tenet Corporation pays to remodel the previous Administrative Building to use as a billing office for the corporation.
1990-05-00	Per J L Moyer sales flyer prices for units are: One bedroom $40,000, monthly payment $200; Two bedroom $60,000 with $255 monthly payment. Initiation fee 1 person $1,285, two people $1,905. (Source: Sales Flyer with unit layout and pricing 1990-05-01 J L Moyer.pdf)
1990-08-00	Recycling bins introduced to the community.
1991-06-00	Library reopens after an extensive remodeling program is completed.
1991-10-24	Golden Age Foundation took over operations of the Lifeline System.
1992-01-23	First Leisure World Exercise Room opened in Clubhouse 1.
1992-02-06 to 1992-02-13	5.5 inches of rain fell. It was the last of a series of 4 storms in late 1991 and early 1992.
1992-06-10	Paul Snow became President of the Golden Rain Board of Trustees.
1992-10-31	Ross Cortese, the developer of Seal Beach Leisure World and six other Leisure Worlds dies.
1993-02-00	The Seal Beach Leisure World Historical Society is founded.
1994-11-16	A 30 Year Resident Recognition Ceremony was organized by the Historical Society for 30 year residents still living in the community. Awards were given and the ceremony was videoed.

1995 - 2000
Date	Event
1995-01-04	Flood of Mutuals 2,3 and 5, Clubhouse 2, Lutheran Church, original Health Care Center and various other areas. The flood gates for the channel did not open and it overflowed. Residents were evacuated to Clubhouse 4 and the Red Cross set up shelter there. The flood and subsequent damage was videoed. Go to the video of the flood that records the community over the week following the flood.
1995-03-00	"Remember When" column written by Historical Society President Tom Barratt starts in the Golden Rain News.
1995-07-00	Library and Friends of the Library Buildings purchased from Orange County by the Golden Rain Foundation and become part of the Trust properties.
1995-07-00	Post Office opens inside of Leisure World next to the Amphitheater.
1995-11-00	Pole lights along sidewalks are installed in Mutual 15. Other Mutuals will follow.
1996-07-00	Exercise Room opens in Clubhouse Five.
1996-00-00	Leisure World Historical Society and Museum opens in Clubhouse One in the old Exercise Room.
1997-00-00	Funds approved for the sound wall along 405 Freeway.
1997-00-00	562 becomes the area code for Seal Beach.
1998-10-01	First bus shelter built with funds from the Y’s Men’s Club.
1999-01-00	Flag pole in front the Health Care Center is installed and dedicated to long time resident Inez Clark.

2001 - 2004
Date	Event
2002-06-22	40th Anniversary Celebration of LWSB. A festival was held in the community. Watch the videos of the 40th festival and parade.
2003-07-21	Clubhouse Six opens. Go to the video of the Clubhouse Six Tour and opening ceremony.
2004-06-18	Carole Franz, Edmond Loritz, David R. Lyon, and several other shareholders go to small claims court asking for fines from the Golden Rain Foundation for refusal to allow shareholders to access Foundation documents. The shareholders win. Between this date and 2007-06-04 eighteen more small claims cases are filed. Golden Rain loses all of them, appeals the decisions in sixteen cases, and loses the appeals.
2004-11-11	Veterans Memorial Dedication Ceremony in Leisure World Seal Beach. In 2004 the Veterans Memorial inside Leisure World Seal Beach was completed. The memorial is a large circle of flags representing all the Services. The dedication ceremony was on Veteran's Day 2004. During the ceremony the flag for each service was raised and the names of local veterans lost in that service were read. At the end of the ceremony the deed to the memorial was transferred from the Leisure World Veterans outpost to the Golden Rain Foundation. Go to the video of the video of this ceremony.

2005 - 2009
Date	Event
2005-04-00	Harbir Narang is retired after 20 years as the Administrator.
2005-10-14	The Golden Rain Foundation sues Carole Franz, et al, to prove the Golden Rain Foundation is not a Home Owners Association and is not bound by the Davis-Stirling civil codes.
2006
2007-04-16	Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Bauer rules for respondents and against Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) in the judgment and statement of decision in the civil case of Golden Rain versus Franz, et al. Judge Bauer signed the court documents on April 16, 2007.
2007-06-14	Golden Rain Foundation files Notice of Appeal for the Golden Rain versus Franz, et al., lawsuit.
2008-01-09	The North Gate opens on Beverly Manor Drive. Go to the video of the North Gate Opening Ceremony. The North Gate was built to create additional access to residents of Leisure World Seal Beach at the north end of the complex. This gate cannot be used by visitors, it is only for residents.
2008-06-10	In the case of Golden Rain versus Franz, et al., Judge Raymond J. Ikola , Court Of Appeal Of The State Of California Fourth Appellate District Division Three, upholds the 2007-04-16 ruling of Judge Ronald L. Bauer. The Golden Rain Foundation is an association as defined by the Davis-Stirling Act and is, therefore, subject to complying with the provisions of the act. This lawsuit becomes case law for the State of California.
2009-02-00	Temporary fire station established in parking lot of Clubhouse 4.

2010 - 2014
Date	Event
2012-06-21	50th Anniversary Festival is held in Leisure World. Videos are made interviewing long time residents and the Festival is recorded. Go to the 50th Anniversary Videos.
2014-08-08	Multicultural MCC Festival is held to celebrate diversity in the community. Go to the video of the Multicultural Festival.
2014-11-04	Opera Lovers Club created. A group of opera lovers formed a new club to study and view opera masterpieces on DVD. The first meeting was from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Nov. 4. “Don Giovanni, Part 1” was shown and discussed.

2015 - 2019
Date	Event
2016-10-08 Saturday	The restored Globe is unveiled at a ceremony hosted by GRF President Carole Damoci after being completely refurbished. Go to the video of the Globe Unveiling Ceremony.
2017-07-10 to 2017-07-15	New ID cards are issued to all residents in Clubhouse 6. The cards begin expiring in 2020.

2020 - 2024
Date	Event
2020-03-13	Trust Properties are shut down. The following email is sent out to all clubs from Kathy Thayer, Assistant Recreation Manager, subject "COVID-19 - UPDATE-CLUBHOUSE CLOSURES IMMINENT", message "Due to the announcement this afternoon of the closure of Orange County Public Schools, GRF has decided to follow suit and close all clubhouses, effective Monday, March 16."
2020-03-13	Golden Age Foundation Mobility Aids Program Manager John Hlavac moves mobility aids to his unit and keeps the program running throughout the COVID-19 shutdown by storing equipment at his unit and delivering from there. The Golden Rain Foundation makes access to the storeroom [in Clubhouse 6] available to him so that needed equipment can be transferred on an as-needed basis. Repairs still have to be done in Clubhouse 6 as that is where both the parts and tools are.
2020-	Sewing groups in the community organize and begin making reusable cloth masks for hospitals, nursing homes, and Leisure World residents.
2021-01-	Orange County designates Leisure World as a vaccination site. Residents register for appointments and vaccinations of the Phizer COVID-19 vaccine begin.
2021-03-19	An anonymous hate letter is sent to a grieving Mutual 1 Korean-American widow. It is received on 2019-03-22. The letter is reported to the Seal Beach Police and the FBI. News channels carry the story.
2021-03-29	Solidarity rally at Leisure World in response to Asian hate mail. The event was filmed by video producer Joe Osuna.
2021-04-01 to 2021-04-03	GRF email: Raise Your Hand Against Racism. "WHERE: Clubhouse 6 under the tent. WHEN: 10:00 A.M to 2:00 P.M. this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 1-3. WHO: All who love peace and hate racism in any form. WHAT: Come and place your handprint on our solidarity banner with others who share a vision of a Leisure World Seal Beach tolerant of its many points of view and the richness of all the cultures we represent." The solidarity banner is now hanging in Building 5.
2021-	The remodel of the Leisure World Gym is completed and the gym is opened. Shareholders must follow masking and social distancing protocols. Use of the gym is by appointment only.
2021-06-15	Clubhouses are opened for use by residents and club activities resume.
2021-08-11	The Delta Variant of the Covid-19 virus begins spreading through the community and vaccinated people become sick. Clubs are asked to voluntarily suspend activities until the booster is issued. Within a week the clubs cancel or suspend their meetings.

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