Author Erik Davis wrote in his book The Visionary State: A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape that Fare became involved with a group run by Glenn and Justin Helzer called Transform America.
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Fare, whose real name is Keri Furman Mendoza, found herself in the news in 2004 during the trial of Justin Helzer, one of the conspirators in a quintuple murder which claimed the life of the daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop.