By Supervisor Susan Gorin During the holiday season, many of us take time to reflect on how blessed we are – blessed and lucky to have our health, our home, our family – or to have the resources to address challenges when they arise. I... Continue
Board Walk
By Susan Gorin, First District Supervisor Ahhh, Fall - walking on crunchy yellow and brown leaves, watching pumpkins appear on our porches… and election signs sprouting in our yards and along our highways. The Board of Supervisors are always politically involved, and I hope you... Continue
The closure of the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) has been slowly happening over the last many years. The process has always been challenging, as the location has been a constant presence in the lives of patients, parents, workers, and Sonoma Valley residents. It is only... Continue
It is no secret that my staff and I love all sorts of animals - big and small, hooved and clawed, and we feel privileged to share our lives with them every day. During the daily course of business, we don’t often get the chance to pet kittens and puppies but if we do, we jump at the... Continue
As your County Supervisor, I have the privilege and responsibility of working with my colleagues to set the county’s budget for each fiscal year. This year, we held open hearings during the week of June 11. Due to the unprecedented situation we are in as... Continue
Last October, we all lost something, even if that something was just a sense of safety. We were all busy before the fires, and now those of us who lost our homes have added daily interactions with insurance, permits, builders, architects, soil samples, and septic... Continue
The expression “change is the only constant in life” has never been more relevant or appropriate than in these last six months since the fires reshaped our county. So much of our life and world here in the Valley of the Moon is suddenly different,... Continue
By Susan Gorin | First District Supervisor -- Since the October fires, everyone in our community has rightly become more fluent in the language of disaster preparedness, response and recovery. As your county supervisor, I have had the opportunity to meet with experts and testify... Continue
Our community is still reeling from the October firestorms – a number of us are still displaced and seeking housing, some have lost wages and some business owners are struggling to recover economically. The fires have forever altered our lives and experiences. For those of... Continue
By Susan Gorin -- “We all have this thing called humanity that was so important in this particular event.” -Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett, comments at the Civic Ceremony, Nov. 18, 2017 As we settle into our post-fires reality, new terms have entered our conversation,... Continue