I hope readers of the Sun invested their reading mind listening to Jerry Bernhaut's compelling statement (What Sonoma County can do about the climate crisis, 3/1) and took to heart its message. A stunningly calm ecologically critical and salient laying out the situation we find... Continue
Letters To The Editor
By Jerry Bernhaut -- The international summit on climate change, COP27, resulted in an agreement to create a fund to support the developing countries coping with the impacts of climate disasters. There was no agreement to phase out the use of fossil fuels. There was... Continue
’Sonoma is a destination city! One of our main sources of revenue is tourism, and yet, our public restrooms are more than a disgrace. This past weekend the men’s bathroom in Depot Park had a major clog causing the back-up to run onto the floor... Continue
Many citizens within our Sonoma Valley community remain concerned that the city of Sonoma has yet to move forward on the process for a second cannabis dispensary. Those concerns hold especially true for the elderly, veterans, and others on fixed incomes who depend on local... Continue
My enthusiastic thank you to the community groups (collectively known as SCALE, Sonoma Community Advocates for a Liveable Environment) and Sonoma County Tomorrow, Inc. that have filed a legal challenge to the Environmental Impact Report for the SDC Specific Plan which was approved by the... Continue
Again and again, seeming to never end, we fight a civil war for justice and the simple basic right for life and the liberty not to be persecuted because of skin color. If it’s not the color of skin, it’s the choice of religion or... Continue
Protecting the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor was one of the main drivers of the push to secure the Open Space at Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) in addition to habitat protection, biodiversity preservation, wildfire risk reduction, and defense against climate change. While these lands are on... Continue
Mountain lions and now black bears pad their way across Sonoma Valley via an ancient wildlife corridor that threads through the lands of the former Sonoma Developmental Center. Endangered salmon swim and spawn in Sonoma Creek that runs through the middle of the historic old... Continue
Regarding the lawsuit challenging the Sonoma Developmental Center plan: the Board of Supervisors actually reduced the amount of affordable housing by nearly 50% of the amount recommended by the Planning Commission — to 124 on 750 potential units, despite their talk about affordable housing needs.... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Cannabis Group believes now is the time to move forward with the second dispensary process. Setting this as a high priority will allow the city to receive additional tax revenue sooner than later, as well as provide patients and consumers with fairer,... Continue