Owner of Bay Area cemeteries responds to cease-and-desist order

Last week, three Bay Area cemeteries — including Skyview Memorial Lawn, Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, and Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael — were ordered to halt operations.

The cease-and-desist order followed a February hearing in response to state accusations that owner Buck Kamphausen and partners mismanaged the property and “failed to comply with various state regulations governing endowment care funds and special care funds,” said Solano County Superior Court judge Christine Carringer.