Mike Radcliffe; West Hollywood Activist

Mike Radcliffe, 52, activist who was president of the West Hollywood Community Alliance. In that position, Radcliffe frequently battled West Hollywood officials and leaders of the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Last year he ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the West Hollywood City Council. A political veteran, Radcliffe had campaigned over the years for Republican candidates, including Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. He had worked as a manager of the Movietown Plaza shopping center on Santa Monica Boulevard, and helped establish a merchants association. Attracting more businesses to the young city, he believed, would help combat crime and other problems. On May 1 in West Hollywood of cancer.