Before the town hall meeting hosted by Assemblyman Tom McClintock, R-Granada Hills, homeowners will stage a "Save Our Homes" walk-a-thon to raise awareness of the Le Parc plight and money for homeowners who stand to lose their condos.

Opponents in the race for the state Senate Republican party nomination accuse McClintock, whom they say has never supported a bill concerning condo homeowners, of political grandstanding during an election year.

The McClintock town hall meeting will be attended by several homeowners association attorneys involved in the quagmire of litigation surrounding the Le Parc dispute. It will take place between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday at Royal High School, 1402 Royal Ave.

"It's mainly a forum so he can listen to his constituents' problems and then do anything he can in the January session of the state Legislature on how to protect homeowners," said Russ Hopkins, field representative for the assemblyman.

Hopkins noted that because the courts have already decided 264 Le Parc homeowners must pay a $7 million judgment, plus interest, to an Arcadia contractor because of the actions of their homeowners association in 1994, "their goose is cooked."

The walk-a-thon, hosted by the Community Association Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.), will take place at 11 a.m. at the Le Parc condominiums at Tivoli Lane and Chandler Avenue and will continue to Royal High School.

Homeowners Association officials say four dozen Le Parc families have liens against their homes that could lead to foreclosure because they have not paid HOA dues or special assessments to a court-appointed receiver.

"What our community is afraid of is the community at large will forget about us," said Ference Gutain, president of the Le Parc Community Association. "We will disappear in the annuls of history."

Aides to Ventura County Supervisor Judy Mikels, who opposes McClintock for 19th Senate District Republican ticket in March, say she has been working behind the scenes to help Le Parc. McClintock, they say, has done nothing for Le Parc. "This is disgusting," said Keith Jajko, a Mikels aide. "They are using victims of a tragedy for his own political gain. That's as bad as it gets in politics."

Not so, Hopkins said.

"That's interesting they should condemn an assemblyman, who represents these people to hear their concerns," he said. "That's what he's supposed to do."