@MLClark I knew Stan! He wrote a trilogy of books about Orange County CA where we both lived. They're compiled now into "Three Californias":
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Californias-Shore-Coast-Pacific/dp/1250307562/
I worked for a local progressive politician he'd always wanted to meet, so I arranged that. The politician was clueless about SF, but they had a shared interest in environmental protecttion.