Homeless

We spent the weekend in San Francisco for the first time in years. We went to breakfast at an “in” restaurant in the Tenderloin area. We found a parking place a block and a half away and...

Thoughts on the Joe Rodota Trail (JRT) Clearing & Closure

On Friday afternoon — between visits to the JRT and meetings with County and city staff — a KQED reporter asked me a question about the...

I find your attacks on Lynda Hopkins like a bizarre lynching mob mentality.

And totally ignorant of a recent law that allow homeless people to sleep on public property.

Did you know,...

From News of the North Bay:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTHLha0Joq4&feature=youtu.be

Reposted from Lynda Hopkin's Facebook page :waccosun:
48727For 60 Joe Rodota Trail residents, this is what the future looks like.

For the half-million people who live in Sonoma County, this is...

Hey everyone -
Register to make sure you're in the system, despite address changes, party affiliation (you can only vote in the primary of the party you are currently registered in), etc.
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48613Hi Folks,
It's been a while. Happy New Year! Just want to give you a bit of an update for the new year and let you know that we are now battling four, count 'em, four gas station proposals in...

yeah, and opioid addiction and meth cooking is growing mostly in Republican controlled areas.

Hey, why don't you identify a few rapidly-growing attractive areas where the Republicans are in...

At the beginning of meeting Lynda Hopkins already laid out a plan of what supervisors are planning on voting on and doing. It appeared to me they have already made up their minds as to what they are...

Lynda Hopkins has more than earned a second term. The last several years in our county have been more challenging than one can ever recall. I was a supporter of Noreen Evans and quite skeptical of...

Just when I thought things couldn't get any more surreal... the PD is reporting the site by the airport briefly proposed as a new homeless encampment site contains buried mustard gas and ordinance...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkins Facebook page
I am grateful to my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors for supporting a homeless emergency declaration regarding the Joe Rodota Trail in December, and...

Forestvaros: that was a wonderful reply. Please know there are many of us who share your thoughts. There are also many of us who have given quite a bit of our time, money, open-heartedness and even...

I understand the frustration and anger. The situation is unpleasant, smelly, and dangerous, among many other things. It's also a false dichotomy to draw between the encampment "occupants" and...

Surely Stuart is feeling concerned and possibly angry, as are many of us, at the situation that Santa Rosa (and thousands of other municipalities across the Country) is having to deal with....

Has it occurred to you that this encampment is within the City of Santa Rosa?

While constituents in this area have Lynda as their Supervisor, she does not make policy for the city fathers who...

Thank YOU so much for posting this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=35&v=QzFZe7E6U24&feature=emb_logo

We are starting a campaign to ban Roundup in the wine country - we have the...

sorry, but I completely disagree. When he shows the ugliest most defensive side of our society, he's attacked. If there'd been the slightest display of empathy or interest in solving the problem...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkins facebook page from Monday, Dec 30th, by Barry :waccosun:

****JOE RODOTA TRAIL — PERSONAL THOUGHTS & COUNTY UPDATE****

TL;DR SUMMARY: County is investing $11.6M in...

Well, if you want to slander Hopkins, go ahead, but I'm pretty certain you'll regret it. You'll wind up with another Capt. Underpants, wasting taxpayer money to sleep around and get a lawyer paid...

I believe Stuart is simply spewing diarrhea out of his pie-hole.

How do I come to this conclusion?

1. Blaming those NOT committing the offense for the actions of others. Supervisor Hopkins is...

From Supervisor Lynda Hopkins

Hi Stuart —


We’ve never met (at least to my knowledge). Rather than immediately launching a recall campaign against me, maybe you’d consider first sitting down...

o god, I know there are plenty of people who feel like screaming their outrage without feeling like they should bother to understand the details or, heaven forbid, have a solution in mind beyond...

Again, Mr. Kiehl has expressed his misunderstanding of how governance works in Sonoma County.
There are 5 supervisors and decisions by the Board require a 3-person majority vote. Some proposals...

It truly saddens me to think of the homeless and their condition. No matter the reason, these people could be helped if our elected government officials were really serious and thought it would...

My comments:

1) Interesting that this should come out on Christmas eve. Conspiracy theories anybody?

2) I agree!

3) Note that 4 years ago most of you were supporting Noreen. Lynda was seen...

I completely agree with you!

"One of the options being proposed is to set up this month a temporary indoor and outdoor shelter at the county fairgrounds for those currently living on the trail and others. Officials said the...

As Tommy comments "they can't find a property where a "sanctioned encampment" is possible".

So now, they have an "unsanctioned encampment" out of control, in their face, and in the faces of...

The price is too high. 1.75 mil for 100yr old downtown building? These kind of deals are hard to negotiate. Copperfield's could call their bluff by staying put and waiting till the property is really...

Cynthia Poten wrote:

tommy wrote:


"A massive grassroots demonstration based on clear demands and feasible options..."


Amen to that. This is a cause that is worth putting one's body on...

Thanks for this post. It is ludicrous. It encapsulates at the local level what is happening nationally and internationally -- officials with neither heart nor vision who continually abdicate their...

I'm sorry, I read these and got really sad.

- "why should I pay for the privilege of walking...in order to spend money?" Um, because you want something there? Now you order it online so no...

"Compassion ... Forgivness ... Acceptance"

This is a brilliant post and thank you for sharing. You are speaking Truth to Power! It is time to face the truth and tell it like it is. I would love to hear more about this kind of input because so...

Thanks for the information about how the general public can step in and contribute in their capacity. I started getting involved while the fire shut down most of all local businesses etc....and...

Jude: No need to be rude to Tommy. Many of us have lived here for a long time, have no rentals (let alone a couple of dozen) and are barely able to stay here ourselves.

I have written to 5th District Supervisor Lynda Hopkins twice in the past 6 weeks, requesting her involvement and resources to secure public toilets and trash cans within the homeless encampment...

Good words, tommy

Yes the Homeless are human, and many of them went to college and once held decent jobs. That is a fact. "There but for fortune, go you, or I" - as the song said. I am a ...

I just met a family that needs a home! They lost a house/work trade due to the landlord’s drinking problem. They are very loving, responsible, clean and kind. They have a home until this Sunday! The...

...and usually by the same people who decry the cost of housing...

The problem is not how to pay for it, it's the plan for the park itself. Seebasstoepull has resisted citizen input for decades concerning culverting Calder creek. This creek is the reason for this...

The front page of the current (Sept. 11-17) Bohemian has two long articles on the damage of the towers required for the "fifth generation of wireless cellular technology." The most thorough of the...

I know many of you will want to be there when Trump visits the Bay Area on Sept. 17, to wish him well.:wink:
So far, the location has not been stated.
Do we have any online detectives out there...

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From Reb Irwin

On Tuesday this week, the President said, “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think...

I'm sorry- but I REALLY don't understand what one has to do with the other. This was not publicly owned property. Are you actually saying the government should be able to force private landowners to...

LOOK here for what is coming to the very HEART of Sebastopol -

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With the help of our amazing community, Sebastopol's Peacetown summer concert series has become a Zero Waste event. Concerts continue thru Sept 4, and the Peacetown Zero Waste team could use a little...

My point is old refrigerators are getting dumped on the roadside and chopped up in back yards because of the high dumping fees. This is not in the public good. It is not as much a problem here in...

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Our Summer Solstice ritual this year will go beyond just a listening experience, it will be a communal experience in...