Good question, where are the alternative sites?

There's always lots of opposition to whatever site is suggested.

Housing in the Azure and Sebastopol Inn is a good solution... for a few of the...

CHRISTIAN KALLEN
SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE

September 4, 2020, 10:42AM

A minor vehicle code violation last weekend may have led to a breakthrough in a number of post office break-ins and mail theft...

Barry,
Why do you continue to post the repeated one liner inflammatory posts from "Hellohello"?

The posts are always provocative, never contain any facts, & seem designed to reactivate readers. ...

Wacco needs some intelligent subscribers... not know nothing hotheads.

This is a good idea! No doubt some will oppose it. If you understand the underlying causes of homelessness... it's basically lack of housing ... especially in California. Building codes are...

My friend put a hold on her mail, and picks it up at the window.

She lost packages sent by Amazon. Since the package was picked up by someone posing as her, with the yellow card stolen from her...

A friend who has a PO Box at the Sebastopol Post Office, asked me to post that her PO Box has been broken into several times in the last few weeks. Evidently the PO doors are open 24/7, giving the...

Have you heard of the incident on April 4, 2020, when Mr. Anglero-Wyrick, an Afro-American man, was detained at his home in Graton by County Sheriffs, who then released a K-9 dog on him, for 2...

I applaud you Woody, for taking on these terrible interests.

That corner of Llano & 12 is beautiful the way it is. It's places like that, that make this a beautiful place to live. Thank you...

It's well known that Sebastopol has an uber Police force. You're more likely to get stopped by Police in the Town of Sebastopol, than other nearby places such as Occidental, or Forestville. They're...

This is mis information.

Per NPR today (Science Friday), the DNA of Covid-19 has been examined by scientists. It does not contain the elements of manufactured or lab produced DNA (which have a...

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The Grapelord of Napa Faces a Threat Worse Than Plague
For 50 years, Andy Beckstoffer drove up the price of wine. Did the strategy work...

This anti vaccine stuff is really sick... talk about fake news... here we have a home town example on Wacco of fake news.

Look at the scientific research on vaccines: they save lives.
...

I heard part of a fascinating KPFA Project Censored show today, an interview with Prof Victor Picard, from UofP Annenberg School of Journalism, author of "Democracy without Journalism?".

In this...

Let's hope that the inept performance of the current administration will be enough for voters to not return them to office. Many have and will die. He has ruined the economy. The culture? We'll...

Another point is that often the police are disparaged... until you need their help. Then you want them, you want their help, their protection. It's good when police are integrated into the culture,...

this is more than a bit extreme.

The lives of farmworkers is an evolving situation, in light of the Covid-19 virus. The article below, establishes a base for the issues of health and well being of farmworkers in Sonoma County. ...

Jude,

Yes, I invested in real estate, & bought multi family fixers in the early 90's. I got tired of working in a cubicle, and preferred the hands on approach of fixing up old properties. I never...

A major factor in housing becoming unaffordable, is that real estate became an investment tool. People & companies started buying properties, not to live in, but as an investment. They showed...

Some of these ideas are very nice... but a significant portion of the unsheltered people are dysfunctional. This includes the mentally ill, those with health problems, drug dependent, alcoholics,...

I went to a Homeless Action! meeting in December. A small book called "The Blue Book on Homelessness" (available on Amazon) by Santa Rosa resident Terry Rowan was passed around. He details the...

This is a great idea! There is a proposal in Sonoma County, with a nonprofit, to be a clearing house... for people with a spare bedroom, to rent it to someone without housing, who has been "vetted"...

I was at the meeting on the JRT, Friday night, at the Roseland Library. It was coordinated by Supervisor Hopkins, with Supervisor Gorin, SR Mayor Schwedhelm, and Councilman Tibbets in attendance. ...

Thank you Lynda, for your post on Wacco, and for your courageous stand, on finding a solution to those camping on JRT.

I'd campaigned & voted for Noreen... however you have my full support...

Goodbye Sonoma Gazette
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I felt sad reading this.

There are some generalizations in your post, that are not accurate. I don't think it's true that most people wouldn't want shelter at the fairgrounds. Likely there are some, but in this cold rainy...

I was at a public meeting on Wed Dec 11, where Sonoma Co Supervisor Shirley Zane, Santa Rosa Mayor Tom Schwedhelm and the Healdsburg mayor were the speakers. In the Q&A, I suggested that public...

Please join us at the Indivisible Sonoma County meeting, on Dec 9, to address: Housing in Sonoma County.


Featuring: Adrienne Lauby, Homeless Action; Chad Bolla, North Bay Organizing Project;...

It's about compassion.

Even though you've been burned, even though you were taken advantage of... the human heart is always ready to offer compassion to another, because that's what compassion...

Homeless Action! has access to a $450K grant, most of which is for social services - counselors etc. They'd hoped to use the land next to KBBF, but this fell thru. Adrienne told me the minimum...

Patrick,
I appreciate your analysis around secondary homes, and your idea to tax the owners to bear the cost of housing the homeless.

However, I do not believe this is realistic. It'd be...

Saturday November 23 from 9-3
Come and enjoy the 16th annual Zen Fest holiday sale in Sebastopol!
An abundance of locally sourced and crafted gifts, delectable treats, and our signature jams.Huge...

Homeless Action! meets every Monday morning at 9:30 -11:00 at the Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa. They meet in a room with an exterior door to the front sidewalk, on the east side...

At the Homeless Action! meeting, what's needed is a place to house about 30 people, in 12 tiny houses and 12 RVs. Homeless Action has received $450 k (mostly for proposed management) from the City &...

I've had a change of heart regarding the camps on the Joe Rodota Trail. I went to a Homeless Action! meeting on Monday. Homeless Action! is a coalition of homeless people, and their allies, that...

This is not a realistic solution to the problem of the homeless.

They should not be camping on the Joe Rodota Trail. The trail, similar to Courthouse Sq, or Golden Gate Park, is a public commons area. When people camp there, with all the negative associations,...

As to "I would be very interested in seeing numbers. The cost of the acre, how many if any units it would reduce in the plan, how much it would likely affect rental costs, etc, etc" ...

Good luck...

Good reasons are always found in California to not build housing!


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There are several local sitting groups referenced on Spirit Rock’s website. Look under “Programs”, then “Non residential programs”, then “Community”.

I found these sitting groups referenced:
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There are several Zen meditation groups in West County. There’s Stone Creek Zendo in Graton, & Bruce Fortin’s Zen Meditation group in Sebastopol, & I think Bruce’s wife has a meditation group for...

I don't think the site of the new hotel would be good for affordable housing. It's right downtown, so it's probably an expensive piece of land, which would make it difficult to build "affordable"...

There is a value in work, for the individual. It can give meaning, purpose, & good health. Seeing a person in their 60s, at work in Home Depot or Walmart … I always have positive vibes for that...

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How Sonoma’s Vineyards Survived a...

Ok Goat Rock. This is what you gotta do with that junk refer. Take it apart. Pull all the panels off, the racks, unscrew stuff. Unscrew the motor. Take it apart, separate the copper, the...

Check the Diamond Approach website - private teachers are listed. Good luck!

https://www.diamondapproach.org/private-teaching-session/107

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At a neighborhood mtg I attended, a family living next to a pot farm said their well had gone dry, due to the water use of the pot farm.

There's been alot written about SoCo pot laws. It seems...