Get with it Sonoma County – we’re a vacation hotspot

(This letter is in response to Supervisor Susan Gorin’s recent column.)

Let’s face it — Sonoma County is growing. It is one of the TOP vacation destinations in the WORLD. We should all be happy that we live in such a wonderful, and yes, growing place. We are in the Bay Area as well, which means that we are expanding, like other counties in the SF Bay region. This talk about having “outsiders” come in is nonsense. It’s their right. I am born and raised here and have seen amazing change in my lifetime, and for us homeowners, we should all be pleased that our property values are expanding. Vacation rentals provide a much needed service to our Sonoma-bound travelers. How about we stick to enforcing those properties that are NOT permitted, do not pay their taxes, and are probably the problematic group? I see no real enforcement efforts, like other communities have initiated. That is the problem to address! Get with it Sonoma County!!

-Kathy Brunette