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Department veteran to take on role as chief of Sonoma County Homelessness Services Division
Following a national search, a Sonoma County Department of Health Services staffer has been selected to lead the county’s efforts to tackle homelessness, taking on a critical role at a time when the number of people who are homeless in the county has risen again. James Alexander will start in the role of director of the department’s Homelessness Services Division July 23. Currently, he is the ...
How much you need to earn to afford rent in 45 Sonoma and Napa county ZIP codes
How much does rent cost across Sonoma and Napa counties, and how much do you need to earn to afford rental housing? To answer these questions, we’ve compiled data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2024 “Out of Reach” report, which examines the cost of housing and hourly wages across the nation. The report, released in June, uses fair market rent, which are estimates determined ...
Dispute between Sonoma County supervisors stalls proposed ballot measure to widen lodging tax
Division among Sonoma County supervisors has sunk an effort to place an update to the county’s lodging tax ordinance on the November ballot. It has also highlighted a long-simmering disagreement inside county government over how revenue from the tax on overnight stays is dispersed among the county’s five supervisorial districts. Officially known as the county’s transient occupancy tax, it is a ...
Sonoma County Man Identified as Murder Victim in Point Arena
Mendocino County investigators released the name of the Sonoma County man who was fatally shot last week during an argument east of Point Arena. 54-year-old Kevin Taeuffer, an Annapolis resident, was pronounced dead Thursday at a home on Eureka Hill Road. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday to identify the cause of death. 47-year-old Point Arena resident Pan Jasper Brady was arrested last week on suspicion of murder. Mendocino County jail records show he was released Saturday after posting $500,000 bail. As of Tuesday, prosecutors had yet to file official charges in the case.
Sonoma County supervisors place Bay Area affordable housing bond on the November ballot
Come November, Sonoma County voters will weigh in on a proposed Bay Area-wide property tax hike to raise money for affordable housing construction. The measure, known as Bay Area Housing for All, could unlock $20 billion from annual surcharges on property tax bills to spur construction of up to 119,000 affordable homes regionwide over 10-plus years. It will appear on the ballot in all nine Bay ...
Bay Area Property Tax for Affordable Housing Approved for Sonoma County Ballot
A proposed Bay Area-wide property tax increase will be on the November ballot in Sonoma County. County supervisors have voted to put the measure on the ballot. The tax revenue would be used to fund affordable housing construction. The measure could generate up to 20-billion-dollars, which would be used to build up to 119-thousand affordable homes in ten years. The measure will appear on the ballot in all nine Bay Area counties. Santa Rosa is one of the larger cities that would be eligible for direct funding, estimated at 242-million-dollars.
North Bay feeling impact of global Microsoft outage
Websites, airlines, banks and other businesses were busy doing reboots Friday following a massive global technology outage, but although the outage was certainly being felt in Sonoma and surrounding counties, it was not crippling systems. The impact to Sonoma County government computers was limited Friday morning, said Paul Gullixson, communications...
Get a look at California's strangest golf course | Bartell's Backroads
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. — At the edge of Sonoma County’s wine country is Pee Wee Golf in Guerneville. It's an odd, eye-catching attraction with monsters, giant kangaroos and even cannibals. When driving into the course, it's hard to miss the brightly painted dinosaur at the edge of Highway 116 and the Russian River.
Opioid prevention education coming to Sonoma County schools this fall
Sonoma County teachers, staff and students this fall will learn more about the dangers of opioids and how to assist in overdose prevention following a state mandate passed last year. The Sonoma County Office of Education will develop updated guidelines about fentanyl awareness, overdose and prevention for middle and high schools to be added to existing safety for local school districts, said ...
Windsor ballot measure would trash competitive bidding for garbage contract
photo credit: Courtesy GoogleMaps Cans out for trash day in Windsor. In November, voters in Windsor will be asked to get rid of a local law passed by Windsor voters in 1996. That gave ordinary residents more say in local garbage service. Measure is Q on the ballot in Windsor only. It would officially eliminate competitive bidding from the town's waste hauler selection process, and dump a ten-year limit on those contacts. Why change now? Alissa Johnson is on the board of directors of Windsor's Chamber of Commerce. She also works for Windsor's current trash hauler, Sonoma County Resource Recovery....one of the main drivers behind...
Double whammy of heat, smoke hit Sonoma and Napa counties
A double whammy of smoke from fires in Northern California — though not in the immediate area — and high temperatures is hitting Sonoma and Napa counties, leading to an air quality advisory and a heat advisory for both on Friday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory for the Bay Area, especially at higher elevations, and for the North Bay. Residents may ...
Avoiding academic ‘summer slide’ in the North Bay: Q&A on how to curb learning loss with Kaiser Permanente pediatrician
Dr. Adrienne Silver wears many hats at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, most of them related to the health and well being of children. Silver, a Kaiser pediatrician of 24 years, runs the outpatient pediatric arm of both Kaiser’s family medicine residency program, as well as the provider’s medical student programs. She also is director of Kaiser’s medical education programs in Santa Rosa. As a ...
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