DeNova Homes and the ‘affordable housing’ dilemma

We notice with displeasure (but no surprise) that, as part of the city requirement to provide affordable housing in their developments, DeNova Homes is offering two units of a duplex (3br, 2ba, 1,300 sqft) for nearly $3,000 a month each. With work-from-home wealthy driving up... Continue

Sandra Lowe is ready for the Sonoma City Council

All votes in the November 2 election have yet to be cast and tallied, so it will be a while before Sandra Lowe can be seated as City Council’s newest member. Sandra is familiar to Council observers as the candidate who regularly takes time at... Continue

Support Sonoma Valley Hospital — Vote yes on Measure F

Support the future of our community hospital by voting Yes on Measure F by November 2 Opinion by Bill Boeurum For over 70 years Sonoma Valley Hospital has been our community hospital providing close-to-home services and critically important emergency services. In turn, the hospital has... Continue

Wake up and smell the cannabis, Sonoma County

Sonoma County swung and missed three times in its effort to establish a successful cannabis ordinance. The board of supervisors (BOS) recently approved a temporary moratorium on permitting because it realized its flawed policy enables illegal operations. The BOS should hit pause by extending the... Continue

High school pool is the last thing we need

Building a 16-lane swimming pool during the worst drought since the 1930s Dust Bowl illustrates just how disconnected SVUSD’s school board and management have been to the real needs of Sonoma County and our students. While water cutbacks are happening and drought kits are being... Continue

A vote for Sonoma Valley Hospital

Towards the end of a 30 year career as a management consultant and CEO, I joined the board of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board with an eye to helping improve the hospital’s financial structure and while implementing best business practices to enhance the... Continue

Extend the hospital parcel tax

Support Measure F. Small town community hospitals all over California risk closure, as happened in Sebastopol some years back. Let’s not let that happen here. Over the years my family has relied on our local hospital many many times . . . for emergency room... Continue

Housing Group endorses candidates for Sonoma Council

The Sonoma Valley Housing Group finds there are two good candidates for city council in the November 2 election: James Cribb and Sandra Lowe. Both have qualities we admire. Both evince a willingness to push the edge to preserve, protect, or produce the housing types... Continue

What’s a state highway doing in Sonoma?

At some point – like four decades ago - we need to move the state highway OUT of Sonoma. (How many California state highways have three schools within half-a-mile of each other?) But keeping freeways out of Valley of the Moon comes at a cost... Continue

Reject revenge, reject the DA recall

After the Tubbs Fire in 2017, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch led the investigation into the abandonment of disabled seniors at Villa Capri. The investigation ended in large fines against senior care corporations controlled by millionaire developer Bill Gallaher. Gallaher has since spent more... Continue

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