Max Bell Alper initially moved to West County in 2014, and has lived in Camp Meeker with his partner since 2017. He feels that Camp Meeker is such a special place and that it is truly a joy to live in our little neck of the woods. For over 20 years, he has organized for economic, racial, and climate justice with low-wage immigrant workers throughout California.

Max believes that we all have a shared responsibility to be good neighbors and community members to each other, and he also tries to spend as much time as possible tending to the fruit trees, roses, and native plants in the garden.