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# Zane, by the numbers
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/zane-by-the-numbers/
- Published: 2004-04-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:13:50.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

As a political consultant, Zane works mostly on coalition building and elections strategy. His biggest client is the city of El Segundo, which is fighting an LAX Airport expansion.

Salary: $80,000 to $90,000 a year. Born: Oct. 3, 1947 in St. Paul, Minn. Background: Zane was a conscientious objector who organized against the Vietnam War. As a college student and new graduate, he took several hitchhiking trips around the United States and Canada. He later worked as a school teacher and has been involved in Santa Monica politics for more than 25 years, including serving from 1981 to 1992 on the City Council.

Education: Valedictorian of Colton High School in 1965\. Earned scholarships to study at Occidental College, where he dropped math and science to pursue philosophy. Later earned a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Family: Wife Louise, 49, is an acupuncturist and respiratory therapist. Seven-year-old son Justin-Alexander is a second grader at Grant Elementary School.

Residence: Owns a single-family home in the eastern part of the Pico neighborhood.

Hobbies: “Politics is my hobby,” said Zane, who also enjoys baseball, basketball and dancing

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 19, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)