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.