If you are newly eligible for Medicare, your must choose between Traditional Medicare and a Medicare Advantage program which includes Kaiser. Traditional Medicare was started in 1965 and it pays 80% of most medical services. Most people purchase a supplemental insurance policy to cover the... Continue
Letters To The Editor
By Teri Shore -- In response to the large-scale development recently proposed by the State of California and its chosen developer for the historic campus at the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC), more than two dozen community leaders and constituents from Sonoma Valley and across the... Continue
Unicorns don’t exist in the real world and taxpayer heroes do not exist in the majority in the California Assembly. Despite warnings from a massive coalition of taxpayer advocates, real estate interests and business groups, 56 members of the California Legislature just passed two of... Continue
Magical Thinking! The Arnold Drive corridor and unincorporated Sonoma County lack infrastructure, resources and opportunities to support the addition of 2,300+ new residences. In Susan Gorin's June 2023 email update, she stated that services "are not sufficiently accessible to vulnerable residents in the Sonoma Valley... Continue
With more frequency we are hearing about trailer parks that are in jeopardy and thus putting their residents at risk for homelessness. What is a solution? Governmental entities should purchase them and perhaps transfer operation to nonprofits. The state and counties are spending huge sums... Continue
Most of us, within the Sonoma city limits, have recently received a letter advising of a Public Hearing to consider water rate increases. I urge everyone to protest the raise in water rates by writing a short note to: Sonoma City Clerk No.1 The Plaza Sonoma Ca... Continue
Should we allow family and friends to be trapped during lethal wildfire evacuations in trade for builder profits, increased county taxes/permit fees, or leadership’s personal gain? NIMBY. Should we allow people to be incinerated like the 85 burnt alive because Paradise, California City Planners, against... Continue
When one of our most prophetic local truth-tellers, my pal Fred Allebach, who has consistently correctly decoded regional land-use decisions in print and on social media for years, comes under fire for lack of due diligence and is charged in print with casting irresponsible aspersions,... Continue
Focus on students should be the most important part of school board issues. Regrettably, the focus on the kids of Sonoma Valley was lost during the recent recall signature drive. The Sonoma Valley Housing Group has advocated for the issues of housing and social equity... Continue
Sonoma County’s Planning Commission will deliberate Thursday, July 20, 1:30-3pm, over the County's Housing Element. The Sonoma Valley Collaborative Council says the Commission is resisting allowing lower-cost, higher-density homes in some of Sonoma County’s most resourced and desirable neighborhoods. Here is a letter to submitted by... Continue