{"id":2334407,"date":"2024-08-30T15:29:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T19:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/96-year-old-faces-eviction-in-california-given-3-day-notice-in-despite-lifetime-care-contract-morally-unthinkable\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T19:34:44","slug":"96-year-old-faces-eviction-in-california-given-3-day-notice-in-despite-lifetime-care-contract-morally-unthinkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/96-year-old-faces-eviction-in-california-given-3-day-notice-in-despite-lifetime-care-contract-morally-unthinkable\/","title":{"rendered":"96-Year-Old Faces Eviction in California, Given 3-Day Notice in Despite &#8216;Lifetime Care&#8217; Contract &#8211; &#8216;Morally Unthinkable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F96-year-old-faces-eviction-in-california-given-3-day-notice-in-despite-lifetime-care-contract-morally-unthinkable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2334407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 96-year-old woman \u200dnamed Jean Jacques is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-use-and-abuse-interviews-to-push-their-narrative\/\" title=\"How The Media Use And Abuse Interviews To Push Their Narrative\">facing eviction<\/a> from\u2064 her home at Pacific Grove Senior Living in\u200b California, where she has lived for 22 years. \u2064The management recently sent her a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-gop-lawmakers-join-letter-demanding-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-apologize-to-ted-cruz-over-attempted-murder-allegation\/\" title=\"13 GOP Lawmakers Join Letter Demanding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Apologize To Ted Cruz Over \u2018Attempted Murder\u2019 Allegation\">letter demanding<\/a> nearly $110,000 in back payment, threatening eviction if it\u2019s not settled within three days. Jacques, who feels she has nowhere else\u2063 to go, insists she won\u2019t leave and \u2062claims they would need to &#8220;drag her out.&#8221; Her original agreement with the previous owner allowed her lifetime residency, but \u200dthe new management does \u200dnot honor that policy. Community members and advocates, including Bob Sadler from the Residents&#8217; Association and Patricia McGinnis from\u200b California Advocates for \u2062Nursing Home Reform, have criticized the eviction notice, emphasizing the moral \u2064implications of displacing an elderly resident. Jacques plans to continue resisting the eviction as her allies\u200b explore legal\u2064 options on her behalf.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A 96-year-old woman is fighting back against the senior living housing project that wants to boot her out of the unit where she has lived for 22 years.<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, she signed a deal with Pacific Grove Senior Living in Pacific Grove, California, that she could live in the complex until her death, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbw.com\/article\/96-year-old-senior-living-resident-eviction-california-pacific-grove\/61976552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSBW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then came Aug. 16. The complex manager delivered what Jean Jacques called a &ldquo;nasty letter,&rdquo; telling her to pay what the complex decided she owed in three days or be evicted, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montereycountynow.com\/news\/local_news\/p-g-senior-living-seeks-to-evict-a-96-year-old-tenant-despite-her-lifetime\/article_791e22d8-5fea-11ef-aac2-735e66cf5841.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monterey Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d be on the street. I wouldn&rsquo;t even have a tent,&rdquo; Jacques said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d be in a bad way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The letter claimed she owed almost $110,000, according to KSBW.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going. They&rsquo;ll have to bury me because I have no place to go,&rdquo; Jacques said. &ldquo;They have all my money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jacques made her deal with California-Nevada Methodist Homes, which sold the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/40-people-given-eviction-notices-government-makes-room-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complex<\/a> to Pacifica Senior Living in 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SENIOR LIVING EVICITON | As Jean Jacques celebrated her 96th birthday in July, she never considered that just one month later, she would be advocating for the roof over her head.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w8pE4MYENK\">https:\/\/t.co\/w8pE4MYENK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGK6pXdL50\">pic.twitter.com\/OGK6pXdL50<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ksbw\/status\/1828520422716915790?\">August 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Existing contracts were grandfathered in, but not the previous owner&rsquo;s policies.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Sadler, president of the Pacific Grove Senior Living&rsquo;s Residents&rsquo; Association, said &ldquo;lifetime care&rdquo; contracts were unconditional under the former owner, even if they outlived the savings given the complex. He said the facility balanced what it lost on residents who outlived their savings with what it gained from those who died before using up their savings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-rules-man-dying-stage-4-cancer-evicted-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eviction notice<\/a> is under scrutiny from Elizabeth Campos, ombudsman project manager at the Alliance for Aging. She said the notice did not have required approvals and also failed to explain how it can be appealed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You do get angry knowing that it&rsquo;s an elderly person,&rdquo; Campos said. &ldquo;Where is this person going to go?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s devoted all of her savings and money to this place,&rdquo; Sadler said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-urges-35-states-to-punish-ben-jerrys-its-antisemitic-decision-will-have-consequences\/\" title=\"Israel Urges 35 States To Punish Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s: \u2018Its Antisemitic Decision Will Have Consequences\u2019\">legal ramifications<\/a> are here. This is morally unthinkable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The complex has not responded to media inquiries, nor has Jacques heard from it since the eviction notice was delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia McGinnis, founder of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, told Monterey Now that the notice is not in compliance with the rules.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To do that to a 96-year-old woman &hellip; they should be ashamed of themselves,&rdquo; McGinnis said.<\/p>\n<p>As her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-breaks-silence-as-hamas-terror-missiles-blast-israel\/\" title=\"Biden Breaks Silence as Hamas Terror Missiles Blast Israel\">allies work<\/a> to wage a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seniors-evicted-christmas-decorations-govt-subsidized-housing-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal fight<\/a> on her behalf, Jacques said her plan is to defy the notice.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll have to drag me out of here screaming and hollering,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She had previously signed an agreement with Pacific Grove Senior Living in Pacific Grove, California, allowing her to reside in the complex for life. However, on August 16, the complex manager sent her what Jean Jacques described as a &#8220;nasty letter,&#8221; demanding payment of nearly $110,000 within three days or face eviction. Jacques expressed her distress at the thought of being homeless: &#8220;I\u2019d be on the street. I wouldn\u2019t even have a tent.&#8221; She stated firmly, \u201cI\u2019m not going. They\u2019ll have to bury me because I have no place to go; they have all my money.\u201d Her original agreement was made with California-Nevada Methodist Homes before it was sold to Pacifica Senior Living in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While existing contracts were supposed to be honored under the new ownership, Bob Sadler, president of the Residents\u2019 Association at Pacific Grove Senior Living, noted that lifetime care agreements were unconditional under previous management and that financial losses from residents outliving their savings were balanced by those who passed away before exhausting theirs. The eviction notice is currently being examined by Elizabeth Campos from the Alliance for Aging due to its lack of necessary approvals and failure to outline an appeal process.<\/p>\n<p>Campos expressed concern over how this situation affects elderly individuals: \u201cYou do get angry knowing that it\u2019s an elderly person&#8230; Where is this person going to go?\u201d Sadler added that Jacques had invested all her savings into living there and deemed the situation morally unacceptable despite any legal implications. The facility has not responded publicly since issuing the eviction notice.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia McGinnis from California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform criticized their actions towards Jacques: \u201cTo do that to a 96-year-old woman\u2026 they should be ashamed of themselves.\u201d As supporters rally around her for legal assistance, Jacques remains resolute about resisting eviction: \u201cThey\u2019ll have to drag me out of here screaming and hollering,\u201d she declared<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2334408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/California-Eviction.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4045,39775,3901,36587,32779],"class_list":["post-2334407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california","tag-elderly-rights","tag-eviction","tag-housing-crisis","tag-legal-issues"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/California-Eviction.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}